408 



[Sept. 2, 



don ; Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 

 Plymouth ; Koyal Dublin Society ; Soutli African Philosophi- 

 cal Society, Cape Town ; Poyal Society of Canada, Montreal ; 

 American Oriental Society, Boston ; Albany Institute ; Mete- 

 orological Observatory, Academy of Sciences, American 

 Chemical Society, New York ; Franklin Institute, Prof. Ed- 

 win J, Houston, Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., Mr. E. V. d'Invilliers, 

 Philadelphia ; United States Geological Survey, United States 

 National Museum, National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Francis 

 Wharton, Washington, D. C. ; Wisconsin Historical Society, 

 Madison ; Editor of " The American Antiquarian," Chicago ; 

 University of California, Berkeley ; Deutsche Wissenschaft- 

 Verein zu Santiago de Chili. 



Photographs for the Album were received from Prof. Giuseppi 

 Sergi, Eome; Prof Henry M. Baird, New York ; Prof Edward 

 North, Clinton, N. Y. ; Rev. George Dana Boardman, Drs. 

 Isaac Norris, Jr., Wm. Thomson, and Mr. Patterson DuBois, 

 Philadelphia. 



The committee to examine the paper on the Daiames Ifayna, 

 reported it worthy of publication, and was on motion dis- 

 charged. 



Announcement was made of the deaths of the following mem- 

 bers : 



Prof S. F. Baird, Washington, D. C, August 19, 1887, a^t. 

 65. 



Charles Rau, Washington, D. C, July 25, 1887, iet. 61. 



Jean Victor Duruy, Paris, August, 12, 1887, cet. 76. 



Alvan Clark, August 22, 1887, Cambridgeport, Mass., a3t. 81. 



Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens, Philadelphia, June 11, 

 1888, a3t. 73. 



Dr. N. A. Randolph, Philadelphia, August 21, 1887, set 30. 



On motion, the President was authorized to appoint suitable 

 persons to prepare the usual obituary notices of Dr. Randolph 

 and Bishop Stevens. [Subsequently the President appointed 

 Rev. Jesse Y. Burk for Bishop Stevens and Dr. Rothrock for 

 Dr. Randolph.] 



