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Stated Meeting, May 6, 1904. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



Letters accepting membership were read from: 



Gen. A. W. Greely, Washington. 



Prof. P. A. Lambert, Bethlehem. 



Prof. Edgar Odell Lovett, Princeton. 



Prof. Friedrich DeUtzsch, Berhn. 



Sir Richard C. Jebb, Cambridge. 



Prof. Ernest Rutherford, Montreal. 



Prof. J. H. Van't Hoff, Berlin. 



Prof. Wilhelm Waldeyer, Berlin. 



The decease was annomiced of Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., 

 at London, on April 18, 1904, set. 84. 



The following papers were read: 



"The Vegetation of the Island of Dominica," by Prof. 

 Francis E. Lloyd, who was introduced by the President. 



"Orthic Curves; or Algebraic Curves which Satisfy La- 

 Place's Equation in Two Dimensions," by Mr. Charles Edward 

 Brooks, presented by Prof. George F. Barker (see page 294). 



Stated Meeting, May 20, 1904. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



A letter accepting membership was read from Dr. J. 

 Chalmers DaCosta, Philadelphia. 



The decease was annoimced of: 



M. Otto von Bohtlingk, at Leipzig, on April 1, 1904, set. 89. 

 . Dr. Roberts Bartholow, at Philadelphia, on May 10, 1904, 

 set. 72. 



The following papers were read: 



^^ Recent Researches on Inscriptions from Nippur," by Dr. 

 Albert T. Clay, presented by the President. 



"Observations on the New Metallic Salts," by Dr. Edgar 

 F. Smith (by title). 



