MAR 17 1896 



May 17, 1895.] ^"^5 



PEOCE EDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XXXrv. December, 1895. No. 149. 



Stated Meeting, May 17, 1895. 

 President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows: 



A letter from the Academie E. des Sciences, Lisbon, Portu- 

 gal, announcing the death of its Secretary, Prof. Manuel 

 Pinheiro Chagas, April 8, 1895. 



An invitation from the New Jersey Historical Society, 

 Newark, to the American Philosophical Society, to participate 

 in the celebration of its serai-centennial anniversary, Thursday, 

 May 16, 1895, 



Letters of envoy were received from the Observatoire 

 Physique Central, St. Petersburg, Russia ; Royal Statistical 

 Society, Zoological Society, London, England ; Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology, Boston. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the R. 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy (145); Botanical Society 

 of Canada, Halifax, N. S. (146); Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, Boston (111-114, 116-126); American Antiqua- 

 rian Society, Worcester, Mass. (143, 146); University of the 

 City of New York (143, 146); Mr. James C. Carter, New 

 York, N. Y. (119, 143). 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the Royal 

 Asiatic Society (Straits Branch), Singapore; Government 

 Museum, Madras, India; Institut Egyptien, Cairo; Societe 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXIV. 149. 2 Q. PRINTED. NOV. 15, 1895. 



