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the said plates to be selected by liim, and the selection to be approved by 

 a Committee to be appointed by the President of this Society. 



The Committee on the Michaux legacy presented a report, 

 accompanied by the following resolution, which was adopted: 

 Resolved, That the sum of $280 be expended under the supervision of 

 the Michaux Committee to enable Dr. J. T. Rothrock to secure a collec- 

 tion of photographic plates of the unique flora of Florida, which may be 

 ■used as lantern slides to illustrate the course of lectures to be delivered 

 this year in the Park under the auspices of the Society. 



And the meeting was adjourned by the presiding member. 



Stated Meeting^ February 4, 1887. 



Present, 12 members. 



Vice-President, Dr. Ruschenberger, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was read as follows : 



Letters of envoy from the Mining Department, Melbourne, 

 Australia ; La Societe de Borda, Dax, France ; The U. S. 

 •Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



La Societe Liegeoise de Litterature Wallone, Liege, and La 

 Societe des Antiquaries de la Morinie, St. Omer, France, were 

 placed on the exchange list to receive Proceedings from No . 

 119 ; K. Meteorologisches lustitut, Berlin, Preassen ; Physi- 

 kalische-Medicinische Societat zu Erlangen. 



Letters of acknowledgment were read for No. 123 from J. 

 Steenstrup (Copenhagen); Het Bataafsch Genootschap der 

 Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte, Rotterdam; La Societe 

 Royale de Zoologie de Amsterdam ; Musee Teyler, Harlem 

 Victoria Institute, London ; Cambridge Philosophical Society 

 for No. 124 from Museum Comp, Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 

 Mr. L. A. Scott, Philadelphia ; Prof. J. H. C. Coffin, the 

 U. S. Geological Survey, and the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Prof. Serge Nikitin, St. Petersburg, 12 L 



