1889.1 301 



Council as to the Secretaries should seem desirable, and that a sufficient 

 and publTsheZ''' ^^^"^"'^'^^ '' ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^--^ minutes prepared 



On motion of Mr. Dudley action was deferred until the next 

 stated meeting of the Society, and the Librarian was directed 

 to obtain in the i7iterim an approximate estimate of the cost 

 of such publication. 



A communication was made by Prof Cope "On the Mam- 

 malia obtained by the Naturalist Scientific Expedition to 

 Southern Brazil." 



Mr. Lyman exhibited and presented a map of the New 

 Boston and Morea Coal Lands, Schuylkill county, Pa 



Pending nominations Nos. 1183, 1184 and 1185 were read 



Mr. Price, from the Committee on the Henry M Phillips' 

 Prize Essay Fund, reported that the engrossed resolution of 

 thanks of the Society had been sent Miss Emily Phillips 



The report of the Trustees of the Building Fund was pre- 

 sented. ^ 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting, March 1, 1889. 



Present, 10 members. 



Vice-President, Dr. Euschenbergee, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



Letter from the K. Leopold-Carolinische Deutsche Akade- 



Tsst IQf?p"''^'''^'"''•^•' "^'^^'^^-^ ^i««ing pages 

 48d to 498 of Proceedings, Vol. XIX, No. 109. 



Letters of envoy were received from the K. Leopold-Caro- 

 linishe Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Halle a S • K 

 Sachsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Leipzig; Eoyal 

 Statistical Society, Meteorological Office, London, Eng. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from th°e Eoyal 

 Society of Edinburg, Scotland (Trans. XVI, 2); Eoyal Society 

 of New South Wales, Sydney (127); K. Leopold-Carolinische 

 L>eutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Halle a. S. (123-127); 



