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[Jan. 4, 1889. 



The judges and clerks of the election reported the following 

 gentlemen as having been elected : 



President. 

 Frederick Fraley. 



Vice- Presidents. 

 E. Otis Kendall, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, J. P. Lesley. 



Secretaries. 



George F. Barker, Daniel G. Brinton, Henry Phillips, Jr., 



George H. Horn. 



Counsellors {for three years). 



Richard Wood, William V. McKean, Isaac C. Martindale. 



Richard Yaux. 



Counsellor for two years in place of Dr. J. Gheston Morris^ 



resigned. 

 Samuel Wagner. 

 Curators. 

 John R. Baker, Patterson DuBois, J. Cheston Morris. 

 Treasurer. 

 J. Sergeant Price. 

 Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., was renominated for Librarian for 

 the ensuing year, and, on motion, the nominations were closed. 

 Prof. Cope presented a paper for the Transactions on "The 

 Mechanical Causes of the Character of the Hard Parts of the 

 Mammalia," which Avas, on motion, referred to a committee of 

 three (to be appointed by the President) to examine. The 

 President subsequently appointed as such committee, Drs. 

 Joseph Leidy, Harrison Allen, and Horace Jayne. 



The Committee on Finance reported the annual appropria- 

 tions, which were adopted. 



Prof. Lesley made a communication in reference to the con- 

 dition and progress of the U. S. Coast Survey, and ofi'ered a 

 preamble and resolution, all of which, after discussion, was 

 referred to the President of the Society and Messrs. Dudley, 

 Frazer and Haupt as a committee, to report upon at the next 

 meeting of the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



