1886.1 541 



Stated Meeting, October 1, 1886. 



Present, 15 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. S. Baker, a newly- elected member, was presented to 

 the Chair and took his seat. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Meteorological 

 Office and Statistical Society of London; American Academy 

 of Arts and Sciences, Boston ; Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory; Observatorio Nacional, Cordova, ArgentiDe Republic. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from L' Academie 

 Royale Danoise des Sciences et des Lettres, Copenhagen (120, 

 121); Royal Society of London (121); Boston Society of Na- 

 tural History (119-122); Natural History Society, Montreal, 

 Canada (123); Institut Canadian-Francais, Ottawa, Canada 

 (123); Canadian Institute, Toronto, Canada (123); Historical 

 and Scientific Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (123) ; 

 Portland Society of Natural History, Maine (123); New 

 Hampshire Historical Society, Concord (123); Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Mr. Robert 

 N. Toppan, Cambridge, Mass. (123) ; Essex Institute, Salem 

 (123) ; American Antiquarian Society, "Worcester, Mass. 

 (123); Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence (123); 

 Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford (123) ; University of 

 the City of New York, New York Historical Society, Prof. 

 Henry M. Baird, Prof. J. J. Stevenson, New York (123); 

 Prof Walter LeConte Stevens, Brooklyn, N, Y. (123); Prof. 

 C. n. F. Peters, Clinton, N. Y. (123); U. S. Military Acad- 

 emy, West Point, N. Y. (123); New Jersey Historical Soci- 

 ety, Newark (123); Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, 

 Mr. Thomas M. Cleemann, Prof. J. Solis Cohen,' Mr. Patterson 

 DuBois, Prof. James W. Holland, Mr. W. W. Jefferis, Prof. 

 John M. Maisch, Dr. Chas. A. Oliver, Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., 

 Mr. Thos. N. Walter, Philadelphia (123) ; Rev. J. A. Murray, 

 Carlisle, Pa. (123); Prof. M. II. Boye, Coopersburg, Pa. (123); 

 Profs. Traill Green and J. W. Moore, Easton, Pa. (123,); Lack- 



