92 MINUTES. [Feb. 5, 



Stated Meeting^ February 5, 1897. 



Vice-President, Dr. Pepper, in tlie Chair. 



Present, twenty -five members. 



A letter was received from Prof. Goldwin Smith, resigning 

 membership in the Society. The resignation was accepted. 



The Standing Committees for the coming year, as ap- 

 pointed by the President, under resolution of the Society, 

 were then announced as follows : 



Finance. — William P. Tatham, William V. McKean, 

 Philip C. Garrett. 



Hall. — J, Sergeant Price, William A. Ingham, Joseph M. 

 Wilson. 



Publication. — Daniel G. Brinton, George li. Horn, Persifor 

 Frazer, I. Minis Hays, Frederick Prime. 



Library. — Edwin J. Houston, Frederick Prime, AVilliam H. 

 Greene, Albert H. Smyth, Thomas Hewson Bache. 



Michaux Legacy. — Thomas Meehan, William M. Tilghman, 

 Angelo Heilprin, William Powell Wilson, Arthur E. Brown. 



Henry M. Phillips Prize Essay Fund. — William Y. Mc- 

 Kean, Craig Biddle, Joseph C. Fraley, C. Stuart Patterson, 

 Maj^er Sulzberger, the President, the Treasurer. 



Programme. — William Pepper, Persifor Frazer, William 

 A. Ingham, Joseph C. Fraley, I. Minis Hays. 



The death was announced of Horatio Hale, of Clinton, 

 Ont., December 29, 1896. 



Prof. E. D. Cope presented a paper on " New Paleozoic 

 Yertebrata from Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania," which was 

 read by title. 



The following papers constitute the discussion prepared for 

 this meeting by those invited to present the various aspects 

 of the subject selected, viz., " The Origin and Chemical Com- 

 position of Petroleum." 



Prof. Sadtler read a paper on ' ' The Genesis and Chemical 

 Relations of Petroleum and Natural Gas." 



