J-'^O [March 1. 



Bullock, S. Castner, Jr., C. H, Clark, Samuel Dickson, Patter- 

 son DaBois, Philip C. Garrett, George Harding, William W. 

 Jefleris, Benj. Smith Lyman, Franklin Piatt, Frederick Prime, 

 Theo. D. Eand, Julius F. Sachse, W. P. Tatham, Louis 

 Vossion, Joseph M. Wilson, Ellis Yarnall, Philadelphia ; Mr. 

 Philip P. Sharpies, West Chester, Pa. 



A letter from Lorin Blodget, dated February 23, 1895, was 

 read, in reference to a large collection of reports on Applied 

 Electric Force, which he had obtained. 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the K. Nor- 

 diske Oldskrift-Selskab, Copenhagen, Denmark; Acad^mie 

 E. de Belgique, Bruxelles; Ecole des Mines, Secr^teriat de 

 S. A. S. le Prince Albert 1"" de Monaco, Paris, France ; U. S. 

 Geological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. 



Photographs for the Society's album were received from 

 Prof. James M. Hart, Ithaca, N. Y.; Mr. Robert N. Toppan, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



A paper by Dr. F. Boas on " Salishan Texts " was pre- 

 sented by Dr. Brinton, who gave a brief synopsis of it. 



Mr. F. Prime made some remarks on the relation of gold 

 and silver, showing the output of those metals through a 

 series of years, and the relative values of the two at different 

 periods of recent history. 



An extended discussion took place on Mr. Prime's commu- 

 nication, partaken in by Dr. Morris, Dr. Greene, Dr. Horn, Prof. 

 Snyder, Mr. Rand and others. Opinions were expressed on 

 the bearing of the facts stated, on the merits of a bimetallic 

 standard of currency, etc. 



Dr. Greene spoke of the new element akin to nitrogen, 

 which has lately been discovered, called Argon. 



The death of Gen. William F. Raynolds, U. S. A., Detroit, 

 Mich., was announced. 



And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 



