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Prof. Minot moved '' that the Executive Committee he author- 

 ized, \vitl\ Dr. Wliitman's permission, to secure reprints of his 

 article on 'A Marine Biolo<;ical Observatory at Woods IIoll,' to 

 tHstribute to members of the Societv, and to such other persons 

 as the committee shall deem advisable." 



INIotion carried unanimously. 



Dr. Stiles reported that during the past year the American 

 Table at Naples, toward the support of which the American 

 Society of Naturalists had subscribed, had been occupied by 

 Prof. E. B. Wilson and Dr. G. W. Field. Dr. Stiles said that 

 a memorial had been sent out already, urging the need of such a 

 table, and that it had been signed by over one hundred teachers 

 of biology. 



Prof. C. O. Whitman presented a motion to the effect that it 

 was the opinion of the Society that this country should be repre- 

 sented by at least one table at the Naples Zoological Station. 



Professor E. B. Wilson read a letter from Dr. Eisig, of Naples, 

 written in answer to inquiries, showing that, since the founda- 

 tion of the Naples Laboratory, eleven Americans had occupied 

 foreign tables, while only five had occupied American tables. 



Professor Whitman's motion was re-read : 



(i) That it is the opinion of the American Society of Natu- 

 ralists that America should be represented by a table at the Naples 

 Station. 



(2) That the Society indorse the preamble of the memo- 

 rial. 



(3) That the President appoint a committee of three to con- 

 vey these resolutions to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Whereas, A memorial, signed by most of the working biolo- 

 gists throughout this countrv, is to be presented to the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, at Washington, D.C., petitioning 

 that the Institution support a table at the Zoological Station at 

 Naples, Italy, for three or five years ; and 



Whereas, Said Station is in every sense an international in- 

 stitution, devoted exclusively to advanced research, and open to 

 all countries on the same terms ; and 



Whereas, In the opinion of this Society it is of high impor- 



