■^'-'O [May 20, 



the Frencli Public Debt No. 279,732 of Serie 7, coming from 

 tlie Micbaux legac}'. 



'• Resolved^ That Frederick Fraley, President, and J. Sergeant 

 Price, Treasurer, of the American Philosophical Society, be 

 and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make, exe- 

 cute and deliver under the corporate seal of the Society a 

 power of attorney in legal form constituting John H. Harjes, 

 of the firm of Drexel, Harjes & Co., Paris, France, the attor- 

 ney of said Society to sell, assign and transfer to any purchaser 

 thereof, the 2778 francs French three per cent Rentes described in 

 the foregoing resolution, and to do all matters and things legally 

 necessary for the sale, transfer and assignment of the said 

 Rentes that may be required by the French Treasury." 



The resolutions were seconded by Dr. Euschenberger, and 

 after due consideration were unanimously agreed to and further 

 action thereon was ordered to be made part of the stated busi- 

 ness of the meeting of the Society to be held on May 20th, 

 1887, of which due notice shall be given to the members. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting^ May 20, 1887. 



Present, 38 members. 



President, Mr. Fealey, in the Chair. 



Dr. W. H. Wahl was presented to the Chair and took his 

 seat. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : Envoys, from 

 the Hong Kong Observatory ; Geological Survey of India ; 

 Naturforschende Verein in Briinn ; K. Sachsischer Alter- 

 thums-Verein, Dresden; Meteorological Office, London; De- 

 partment of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 



Letters of acknowledgment from the South African Philo- 

 sophical Society, Cape Town (96-123 and Eegister, etc.); 

 Prof. J. J. Steenstrup, Copenhagen (121) ; Observatorio As- 

 tronomico Nacional Mexicano (123). 



Accessions to the Library were received from the Hong 

 Kong Observatory ; China Branch of the R. Asiatic Society, 



