1886.] ^Ol 



Nominations Nos. 1078 to 1106 and new nominations Nos. 

 1107 and 1108 were read. 



The rough minutes were read, and the Society was adjourned 

 by the presiding member. 



Stated Meeting, April 19, 1886. 



Present, 11 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the' Chair. 



Dr. John H. Brinton, a newly-elected member, was presented 

 to the Chair and took his seat. 



Donations for the library were received from the following : 

 The Eoyal Society of Tasmania ; Prof. Serge Nikitin of St. 

 Petersburg ; Zoologische Anzeiger, Leipzig ; Prof. Gr. vom 

 Path of Bonn; Wiirtembergische Vierteljahrshefte fur Lan- 

 desgeschichte ; R. Nordiske Oldskrift Selskab, Copenhagen ; 

 Academie Eoyale de Belgique; R. Accademia dei Lincei, 

 Rome; Societe Toscana di Scienze ISTaturali; Institution 

 Ethnographique, Paris ; R. Academia de la Historia, Madrid ; 

 Royal Society, " Nature," and Mr. William Blades of Lon- 

 don ; Ronsdon Observatory, Devon ; Cambridge Philosophical 

 Society ; Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society ; the 

 publishers of "The Citizen" and Mr. Hamilton Andrews 

 Hill of Boston ; Rhode Island Historical Society ; American 

 Journal of Science, New Haven, Conn. ; New York Shakes- 

 peare Society ; Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N. Y. ; 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society ; College of Pharmacy and 

 Hydrographic Office, Philadelphia ; Johns Hopkins University ; 

 Chief Signal Office, Census Office and Mr. J. H. Hickcox of 

 Washington, D. C. ; Elliott Society of Science and Arts, 

 Charleston, S. C. ; State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; 

 University of California ; Mr. C. B. Bradley of Sacramento, 

 Cal. ; Imperial Observatorio da Rio de Janeiro; Mr. S. H. 

 Scudder, Cambridge, Mass. ; Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., Phila- 

 delphia. 



