1895.] 353 



Stated MeetiTKj^ October IS, 1895. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Present, 22 members. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



A letter from Sir A. Wollaston Franks, London, England, 

 October 3, 1895, accepting membership. 



A letter of envoy from Mr. Jules Viennot, Philadelphia. 



Letters of acknowledgment from the Naturforschende 

 Gesellschaft, Bamberg, Bavaria (143, 146); Naturwissen- 

 schaftlicher Verein, Bremen, Germany (147); Royal Meteoro- 

 logical Society, London, England (147); Prof. James Geikie, 

 Edinburgh, Scotland (147) ; Sociedad Cientifica " Antonio 

 Alzate," Mexico, Mex. (147). 



A photograph for the Society's Album was received from 

 Mr. Augustus R. Grote, Hildesheim, Prussia. 



The death of Dr. John G. Morris, Lutherville, Md., October 

 10, 1895, £et. 92, Avas announced. 



The President announced the following appointments to 

 prepare obituary notices: Prof. A. 11. Smyth for Henry 

 Phillips Jr.; A. J. Cassatt for Henry H. Houston ; J. G. Rosen- 

 garten for P. F. Rothermel. 



In the absence of a quorum, the election for members was, 

 on motion, postponed until later. 



Dr. Frazer called attention to the omission of any record 

 of the report of progress of his committee to examine methods 

 employed in the study of handwriting, from the minutes of the 

 meeting of September 6, and requested the decision of the 

 President regarding the correction of the minutes. 



The President decided that corrections of the minutes should 

 be made either at the meeting to which they refer or at the 

 next subsequent meeting. 



A communication from Prof. A. R. Grote, entitled, " Ou 

 Apatela," was read by title and referred to the Secretaries, 



A quorum of the Society being present, nominations 1329 



