1 ' 4 [Jan. 4, 



Stated Meeting^ January Jf.^ 1889. 



Present, 26 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : A letter was read 

 from Mr. Arthur Biddle acknowledging his election as a mem- 

 ber of the Society. 



A letter was read from Bishop Crescencio Carillo, of Merida, 

 Yucatan, acknowledging the receipt of his diploma. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Meteorological 

 Office, London ; J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 



Letters of acknowledgment for Transactions XYI, 2, were 

 received from the Societe E. de Zoologie, " Natura Artis 

 Magistra," Amsterdam ; Philosophical Society, Cambridge, 

 England ; Royal Society, Royal Institution, R. Astronomical 

 Society, Society of Antiquaries, London ; Radcliife Observa- 

 tory, Oxford. 



Letters of acknowledgment for Proceedings were received 

 from the Societas pro Fauna and Flora Fennica, Helsingfors 

 (127); Phys. Cent. Observatory (127); Academic R. des Sci- 

 ences, Lisbonne (125, 126, 127); Royal Statistical Society, 

 London (126, 127); Dr. Brezina (126, 127). 



Accessions to the Library were received from the Lianean 

 Society of New South Wales, Sydney ; Mr. John Tebbutt, 

 Windsor, N. S. W.; Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 

 Helsingfors; K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt, Wien ; Gesell- 

 schaftfiir Erdkunde, Physiologische Gesellschaft, "Naturwissen- 

 schaftliche Wochenschrift," Berlin ; Gartenbauverein, Darm- 

 stadt ; Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein des Reg. Bez., Frankfurt, 

 a. O.; Soci(^t«^ R. de Zoologie, " Natura Artis Magistra," Am- 

 sterdam ; Biblioteca N. C, Firenze ; R. Accademia de Scienze, 



