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[Sept. 3, 



Benjamin Sharp, Philadelphia; Prof. Herbert B. Adams and 

 Prof. William K. Brooks, Baltimore, Md. ; Prof. John C. 

 Branner, Bloomington, Ind. ; Prof. Antonio Pefiafiel, Mex- 

 ico, Mo. 



A letter was read from Mr. Francis Galton, of London, 

 declining membership, for reasons held sufficient by the So- 

 ciety. 



Letters of envoy were read from the Geological Survey of 

 India ; Societe des Naturalistes de la Nouvelle Russie, Odessa ; 

 Academie Royale des Sciences, Amsterdam ; Bibliotheque de 

 l'Universite Royale, Lund; Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 

 Rome ; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester ; Depart- 

 ment of the Interior ; United States Geological Survey. 



Circulars were received from the United States Naval -Ob- 

 servatory as to the continuation of the publication of the " Re- 

 sults of Meteorological Observations made at the Naval Ob- 

 servatory ;" from the International Congress of Geology in 

 relation to a proposed geological map of Europe, to be issued 

 under the direction of a specially appointed committee; from 

 the American Public Library and Museum, Frankfurt-am- 

 Main, requesting the Society's publications; from the Verein 

 fur Erdkunde in Leipzig, containing the announcement of its 

 Twenty-fifth Anniversary. 



Photographs for the Society's album were received from 

 Prof. John C. Branner, of Bloomington, Ind. ; Col. Garrick 

 Mallery, of Washington. 



Letters indicating a change of address were received from 

 Prof. Japetus Steenstrup, Copenhagen (Frederiksborggade, 

 18, 2. Copenhagen); Meteorological Office, London (116 Vic- 

 toria St., S. W.). 



Letters were read from Prof. Joseph Hyrtle, of Vienna, 

 stating that on account of blindness he returns No. 122, and 

 requests that nothing further be sent him; the Verein fur Vat- 

 erliindische Natiirkunde, Wurtemberg. desiring certain of the 

 Society's publications. On motion the request was referred 

 to the Secretaries with power to act. 



Acknowledgments were received from Connecticut Histori- 



