MINUTES. V 



Hampton L. Carson, M.A., LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : 



" The Roger Bacon Cipher," by WilHam Romaine Newbold, 

 Ph.D., Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. 



" Influence of the Humboldt Current on the Distribution and 

 Abundance of Marine Life," by Robert Cushman Murphy, 

 Associate Curator of Marine Birds, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York (introduced by Mr. Bryant), 

 which was discussed by Prof. Webster. 



"The Peopling of Asia," by Ales Hrdlicka, Ph.D., Curator in 

 Anthropology, National Museum, Washington, which was 

 discussed by Messrs. Fisher, Jastrow and Webster. 



" On Population Growth," by Raymond Pearl, Professor of 

 Biometry and Vital Statistics, School of Hygiene and Public 

 Health, Baltimore, and Lowell J. Reed. 



" Transportation Problems Confronting the American People," 

 by Emory R. Johnson, Litt.M., Ph.D., Sc.D., Professor of 

 Transportation and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania. 



" English German Commercial Rivalry in the late Sixteenth 

 Century," by Edward P. Cheyney, A.M., LL.D., Professor of 

 European History, University of Pennsylvania. 



" Early Methods of Communication between China and the 

 Mediterranean," by W. H. Schoff, Secretary of the Com- 

 mercial Museum, Philadelphia (introduced by Dr. W. P. 

 Wilson), which was discussed by Dr. Jastrow. 



" Notes on the Manichaean Fragments from Turf an," by A. V. 

 Williams Jackson, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Indo-Iranian 

 Languages, Columbia University. 



" On the Problem of Steering an Automobile Around a Corner." 



" On the Vibration of Gun-barrels," by Arthur G. Webster, 

 Professor of Physics, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



