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Stated Meethvj, December 9.0, 1889, 



Present, 24 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Dr. C. E. Sajoiis, a lately elected member, was presented to 

 the Chair, and took his seat. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



An invitation to be present at the opening of the Public 

 Library of Minneapolis, on December 16, 18M9. 



A request from the K. Leopold -Carol, Akademie, Halle a 

 S., for Proceedings No. 109, which was granted. 



A letter from Dr. Rothrock, enclosing one from the Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, Section Botanique, Paris, returning 

 thanks to the Society for the photographs presented from the 

 Michaux fund. 



Letters of envoy were received from the State Geological 

 Survey, Columbus, Ohio; Kansas Historical Society, Topeka. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Societe 

 dcs Naturalistes, Kief, Russia (128, 129) ; Prof. J. S. Steen- 

 strup, Copenhagen, Denmark (129) ; K. K. Naturhistorisches 

 Hof-Museum, Vienna, Austria (129) ; Physiologische Gesell- 

 schaft, Berlin (129) ; Verein fiir Erdkunde, Halle a. S. (129) ; 

 Dr. Julius Platzmann, Leipzig (129) ; Societc des Sciences 

 Naturelles et Archeologiques de la Creuse, Gueret, France 

 (129); Musee Guimet, Paris (129); Cav. Damiano Muoni 

 Milan (129) ; Marquis Antonio De Gregorio, Palermo, Sicily 

 (127, 128, 129) ; University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 

 (129) ; Bishop Crescendo Carrillo, Merida, Yucatan. 



Accessions to the Library were announced from the Neder- 

 landsche Botanische Vereeniging, Nijmeguen ; Statistika Cen- 

 tral Byran, Stockholm, Sweden ; K. K. Naturhistorisches Ilof- 

 Museum, Vienna, Austria; K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 

 Gcittingen, Prussia; Verein fiir Erdkunde, Stettin, Prussia; 

 Mr. L. M. Billia, Milan, Italy ; Rev. Edward F. Wilson, Sault 

 Ste. Marie, Canada ; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston ; 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXVI. 130. 3t. PRINTED JAN. 1, 1890. 



