194 MINUTES. [May?. 



THE HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE ESSAY FUND. 



Miss Emily Phillips, of Philadelphia, a sister of the Hon. Henry M. 

 Phillips, deceased, presented to the American Philosophical Society 

 held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge the sum of five 

 thousand dollars for the establishment and endowment of a Prize Fund, 

 in memory of her deceased brother, who was an honored member of the 

 Society. The Society accepted the gift and agreed to make suitable 

 rules and regulations to carry out the wishes of the donor, and to dis- 

 charge the duties confided to it. In furtherance whereof, among other 

 rules and regulations adopted by the Society, are the following : 



Competitors for the prize shall affix to their essays some motto or 

 name (not the proper name of the author, how^ever), and when the 

 essay is forwarded to the Society it shall be accompanied by a sealed 

 envelope, containing within, the proper name of the author, and, on the 

 outside thereof, the motto or name adopted for the essay. 



At a stated meeting of the Society, in pursuance of the advertisement, 

 all essays received up to that time shall be referred to a Committee of 

 Judges, to consist of five persons, who shall be selected by the Society 

 from nomination of ten persons made by the Standing Committee on 

 the Henry M. Phillips Prize Essay Fund. 



Essays may be written in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, 

 Spanish or Latin ; but, if in any language except English, must be 

 accompanied by an English translation of the same. 



No treatise or essay shall be entitled to compete for the prize that has 

 been already published or printed, or for which the author has received 

 already any prize, profit, or honor, of any nature whatsoever. 



All essays must be dearly and legibly written or printed on one side of 

 the paper only. 



The literary property of such essays shall be in their authors, subject 

 to the right of the Society to publish the crowned essay in its Transac- 

 tions or Proceedings. 



The Special Committee on Eock Specimens presented a 

 report, recommending that all the specimens which have no 

 labels, or designations by which they can be recognized, and 

 which are not of value for other special reasons, be thrown 

 away. Also that all specimens which can be recognized as 

 to their locality, and are of any scientific value, be deposited 

 in the collection of some institution, subject to recall, and a 

 receipt taken therefor. The report was accepted, and the 

 recommendation adopted. 



Announcement was made of the decease of the following 

 members : 



Prof. Edson S. Bastin, on April 6, 1897, set. 53. 



