5^^ [Nov. 1, 



No. 2163, Hon. Lyon G. Tyler, Williamsburgli, Ya., October 

 24, 1889. 



No. 2164:, Prof. James B. Angell, Ann Arbor, Mich., Octo- 

 ber 23, 1889. 



No. 2165, Henry Hazleburst, Philadelphia, October 21, 

 1889. 



And No. 2166, David K. Tuttle, Philadelphia, October 22, 

 1889. 



A letter was read from the American Folk-lore Society 

 announcing that its first annual meeting would be held at 

 Philadelphia on November 29 and 30, 1889. 



A letter of envoy was received from the U. S, Commission 

 of Fish and Fisheries, Washington, D. C. 



Acknowledgments were received from the Asiatic Society 

 (China Branch), Shanghai (126, 127) ; Comite Geologique, St. 

 Petersburg (128); Dr. Hermann Kollett, Baden-bei-Wien 

 (128); Naturhistorischer Verein, Bonn (128); Kansas Acad- 

 emy of Science, Topeka (127, 128); Don Mariano Barceua, 

 Mexico (128). 



Comite Geologique, St. Petersburg ; Dr. 0. Donner, Hel- 

 singfors, Finland ; Societe E. de Zoologie, Natura artis Magis- 

 tra, Amsterdam ; K. Zoologisch-Botanisch Genootschap, Gra- 

 venhage ; Fondation de P. Teyler van der Hulst, Harlem ; 

 Senckenbergische Naturforschcnde Gesellschaft, Frankfurt- 

 am-Main ; Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Hanover ; Verein fiir 

 Erdkunde, Metz ; E. Biblioteca N, Centrale, Firenze ; Mr. 

 Tomasso Cannizzaro, Messina, Italy ; Prof. G. Sergi, Eome ; 

 Societe des Antiquaires de la Morinie, St. Omer, France ; Prof. 

 William Crookes, London, Eng. ; Prof, James Geikie, Edin- 

 burgh ; Admiral Edw. Y. McCauley, Dr. David K. Tuttle, 

 Philadelphia (all 129). 



Accessions to the Library were announced from the Tokio 

 Library ; Prof. G. D. E. Weyer, Kiel ; K. Statistische Landes- 

 Amt, Stuttgart ; Instituto y Observatorio de Marina de San 

 Fernando ; E. Geographical Society, London ; Heirs of Dr. 

 James Henry, Dublin; Dr. Charles C. Abbott, Trenton, N. J.; 

 Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Boston ; Pennsyl- 



