1887.1 1'^^ 



Stated Meeting, February 18, 1887. 



Present, 14 members. 



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



Dr. Charles S. Dolley, a newlj-elected member, was presented 

 to the Chair and took his sieat. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



Letters acknowledging election to membership from Dr. A. 

 Eeville, Paris; Lucien Adam, Rennes; Vicorate Hyacinthe de 

 Charency, St. Maurice-les-Charency, France ; Dr. Conrad 

 Lemanns, Leyden ; Sir Henry Sumner Maine, London ; Dr. 

 Friederich Mueller, Wien ; Dr. Julius Platzmann, Leipzig; 

 Dr. Gustav Weil, Heidelberg ; Dr. Henri Kiepert, Berlin ; 

 Bishop Crescencio Carrillo, Merida, Yucatan ; Dr. A. Bastian, 

 Berlin ; Dr. Paul Hunfalvy, Buda-Pesth ; Dr. M. Much, Vienna. 



Letters of acknowledgment were read as follows : 



Kong. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhagen (122, 

 123 and list of members) ; Dr. E. Suess, Vienna (121, 122, 

 123, &c.); Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N. Y. (124); 

 Kansas State Historical Society (124) ; Boston Public Library 

 (124); Maryland Historical Society (124); Lackawanna In- 

 stitute of Science (124); Royal Society of Tasmania (120); 

 Physikalische Gesellschaft, Berlin (123); K. Meteorologisches 

 Institut, Berlin (123). 



Letters of envoy were read as follows : United States Geo- 

 logical Survey, Washington, D. C. 



A circular was received from the Trustees of the Elizabeth 

 Thompson Fund stating that the income was again available 

 for appropriations in aid of scientific work ; that applications 

 for the same should be made to Dr. C. S. Minot, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Accessions to the Library were announced from the follow- 

 ing : 



Astronomische Nachrichten, Kiel; Zoologischer Anzeiger, 

 Leipzig; Der Naturforscher, Tiibingen ; K. Statistika Central 

 Byran, Stockholm ; Musee R. d'Histoire Naturelle de Bel- 

 gique, Bruxelles ; R. Society Italiana D'Igiene, Milan ; 



