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and continued cttbrts it was impossible to have the desired altera- 

 tion incorporated in the Gorman bill. 



Inasmuch as the repeal of the present iniquitous dut}- on scien- 

 tific instruments is imperatively needed by the interests of the 

 countrv, we recommend that a committee be appointed to pre- 

 sent our just demands to the President, to the Chairman of the 

 Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Chairman of the 

 Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 

 and to take such other steps as may be practicable to secure the 

 immediate repeal of the duty. 



(Signed) 



Charles S. Minot, Chairi7ian^ 

 Henry F, Osborn, 

 Sidney I. Smith, 

 William Libbey, Jr. 



The report of the committee was accepted by the Society, and 

 the recommendation in regard to the appointment of a committee 

 adopted. 



The recommendations of the Execiftive Committee in regard 

 to the annual assessment, as given before, received the consent of 

 the Society. 



The names of the candidates for admission into the Society 

 were read and posted by the Secretary. 



A committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year was ap- 

 pointed by the President, consisting of Professors S. F. Clarke, 

 King.sley, Lee, Lotsy, and Osborn. 



The resignations of the following members were accepted : 

 W. B. Clarke, J. P. Merrill, C. A. Oliver, J. W. Peckham, 

 J. T. Rothrock, and M. E. Wadsworth. 



The Society passed a resolution instructing the Secretary to 

 renew the invitation to the American Society of Anatomists to 

 affiliate, and to send a similar invitation to the American Psy- 

 chological Association. 



The Society then listened to the discussion upon "Environ- 

 ment in its Influence upon the Successive Stages of Development, 

 and as a Cause of Variation." 



Prof. H. F. Osborn, of Columbia College, introducetl the sub- 

 ject ; 



