ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF NINTH MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



A special meeting was held in New York, N. Y., at the Hotel Belmont, on 

 Saturday, February i8, 191 1, and was called to order at 12 o'clock noon by 

 the chairman, Mr. Billings. 



Upon roll-call by the secretary, the following members of the Board were 

 found to be present : John S. Billings, Robert S. Brookings, John L. Cad- 

 w^alader, Cleveland H. Dodge, \\'illiam N. Frew, Simon Flexner, Henry L. 

 Higginson, S. Weir IMitchell, Andrew J. Montague, Henry S. Pritchett, 

 Elihu Root, Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, William H. Welch, 

 Andrew D. White, George W. Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the eighth meeting were approved as printed in abstract. 



Mr. Root read Mr. Carnegie's letter of gift, dated January 19, 191 1, and 

 it was 



Resolved, That in accepting the gift from Mr. Carnegie of an increase of 

 Ten IMillion Dollars to the Endowment of the Carnegie Institution of Wash- 

 ington the Board of Trustees desire to record their grateful appreciation of 

 this additional expression of the Founder's wisdom in the advancement of 

 research and of this additional testimony of confidence in the efforts of the 

 Trustees and investigators of the Institution to increase the stock of funda- 

 mental knowledge and to render it available and useful to all mankind. 



Provision was made for the opening of a Reserve Fund Account of the 

 Institution, an additional appropriation of $30,000 was made available for 

 use at the Mount Wilson Solar Observ'atory, and a contingent appropriation 

 of $50,000 was authorized for expenditure at the discretion of the Executive 

 Committee. The secretary read a detailed report submitted by the Finance 

 Committee with respect to the securities held by the Institution. 



The Board adjourned at i o'clock p. m. 



ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF TENTH MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



The meeting was held in Washington, in the Board Room of the Adminis- 

 tration Building, on Friday, December 15, 191 1, and was called to order at 

 10 o'clock a. m. by the chairman, Air. Billings. 



Upon roll-call by the secretary, the following Trustees responded: John S. 

 Billings, Robert S. Brookings, John L. Cadwalader, Cleveland H. Dodge, 

 Simon Flexner, William X. Frew, Henry L. Higginson, Charles L. Hutchin- 

 son, Seth Low, S. \\"eir Alitchell, Andrew J. Montague, William W. Mor- 

 row, Wm. Barclay Parsons, Elihu Root, jMartin A. Ryerson, Charles D. 

 Walcott, Henry P. A\'alcott, William H. Welch, Andrew D. White, George 

 A\\ Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the ninth meeting were approved as printed in abstract 

 and submitted to members of the Board of Trustees. 



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