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[May 20, 1892. 



The report of the Curators presented at the last meeting of 

 the Society was read. 



The following motion of Dr. Morris, offered March 18th, 

 was then taken up and considered. 



"Resolved, That the Secretaries be requested to ask from the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society and the 

 Historical Society, the return of all the articles belonging to this Society 

 that are now deposited with them." 



And after discussion the portion relating to the deposit of 

 the coins of the Society with the Numismatic and Anti- 

 quarian Society was withdrawn. 



The following resolution was then offered as an amendment 

 by Mr. Williams : 



Resolved, That the resolution be referred to the Curators with instruc- 

 tions to report a plan for cataloging and labeling the Poinsett and 

 Keating Collection, and of placing it where it will best serve the purposes 

 of ethnological study. 



The amendment was agreed to by a vote of 13 to 7. 



The following gentlemen were declared duly elected mem- 

 bers of the Society : 



2203. Mr. Harold Goodwin, Philadelphia. 



2204. Mr. Joseph D. Potts, Philadelphia. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



