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[Feb. 17 



After discussion, on motion of Dr. J. Cheston Morris, the 

 matter was referred to the Council of the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the Presiding Member. 



Stated Meeting, February 17, 1893. 

 Dr. J. Cheston Morris in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows: 



A letter from the Societe Imperiale de Mineralogique, St. 

 Petersburg, announcing the death of its Director, Hon. Nicolas 

 Kokcharovv ; also the death of its member, Hon. Axel Gadoline. 



A letter from the I. R. Accademia degli Agiati, Rovereto, 

 Austria, announcing the death of its member, Prof. D. Gui- 

 seppe Pedessalli, 



A circular from Columbia College, New York, announcing 

 the regulations for 1893 concerning the Loubat Prize. 



A circular from the Bureau of Education, Washington, 

 D. C, in regard to the Educational Exhibit of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Geological Survey 

 of India, Calcutta ; Royal Statistical Society, Meteorological 

 Office, London, Eng. ; Mr. WilHam John Potts, Camden, 

 N. J.; Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 



Letters of acknowledgment (139) were received from the 

 Nova Scotia Institute of Science, Halifax; Geological Survey, 

 Dr. Alfred R. C. Selwyn, Ottawa, Canada; Hon. J. M. Le 

 Moine, C^uebec, Canada ; Canadian Institute, Toronto ; Mani- 

 toba Historical and Scientific Society, Winnipeg; Society of 

 Natural History, Portland, Me.; N. H. Historical Society, 

 Concord ; Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. ; Amherst Col- 

 lege Library, Amherst, Mass. ; State Library of Massachusetts, 

 Public Library of Boston, Massachusetts Historical Society, 

 Boston Society of Natural History, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, Prof. Thomas M. Drown, Messrs. S. P. Sharpies, 

 Robert C. Winthrop, Boston, Mass. ; Museum of Comparative 



