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Slated Meeting, May W, 1S92. 



Present, 2-4 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



A letter from tlie Committee of Philadelphia Councils on 

 the Columbian Celebration at Chicago, in 18t)3, requesting 

 the loan of certain articles owned by the Society was read and 

 the consideration of the subject was postponed. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Geological Survey 

 of India, Calcutta; K. P. Meteorologische Institut, Berlin; 

 K. Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie, Halle a. S. ; K. 

 Sachsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Leipzig ; Socicto 

 de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland ; 

 Eoyal Statistical Society, Zoological Society, London, Eng. ; 

 Geographical Society, Manchester, Eng. ; U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey Office, Washington, D. C. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from Captain 

 Richard C. Temple, Mandalay, Birmah (135); Comitc Geolo- 

 gique de la Russie, St. Petersburg (136) ; Societe Hongroise de 

 Geographic, Budapest (96-130, and Catalog, Parts i-iv) ; Prof. 

 A. E. Nordenskiold, Stockholm, Sweden (136) ; Prof. Senat 

 G. Capellini, Bologna, Italy (132, 133, 134, 135) ; Naturfor- 

 schende Gesellschaft des Osterlandes, Altenburg, Germany 

 (136); K. Geodiitisches Institut, Berlin (96-130, 136, and 

 Catalog, Parts i-iv) ; Redaction der Naturwissenschaftlichen 

 Wochenschrift, Berlin (136) ; Naturwissenschaftlicher Vercin, 

 Bremen (136) ; Verein fiir Erdkunde, Dresden (136) ; 

 Wetterauische Gesellschaft fiir die Gesammte Naturkunde, 

 Hanau (135); Bibliothek der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 

 K. Sternwarte, Prof. J. Victor Carus (135), Dr. Caspar 

 Ren^ Gregory (136), Leipzig; Academic Royale des Sciences, 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXX. 138. 2 H. PRINTED JUNE 8, 1892. 



