^^^ [Oct. 20, 



Dr. Horn moved to amend the resolution so that it should 

 read as follows: '■^Resolved, That a Committee of five mem- 

 bers be appointed to consider the expediency of preparing a 

 plan of a Cooperative Index of all Transactions and if expe- 

 dient to report such a plan to the Society." 



Mr. Williams accepted the amendment. 



The question was put on the motion as amended and the 

 resolution was carried by a vote of seven ayes to six nays. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting, October 20, 1893. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Dr. James E. Rhoads, of Bryn Mawr, was presented to the 

 Chair and took bis seat. 



Accessions to the Library were reported from tbe Govern- 

 ment Geologist, Adelaide, Australia ; R. Societatis Scienti- 

 arum, Upsal, Sweden ; xS^aturwissenschaften Verein des Reg.- 

 Bez. Frankfurt a. O., Prussia; Direzione Generale della Statis- 

 tica, Rome, Italy ; R. Accademia de Scienze, R. Osservatorio 

 Astronomico, Turin, Italy ; Union Geographique du Nord de 

 la France, Douai ; Societe de Geographic, Paris, France ; Geo- 

 logical Survey of Canada, Ottawa; Historical and Scientific 

 Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg ; Vassar Brothers' Institute, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Ferry Co., Hoboken, N. J.; Mr. Henry 

 Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia; Board of Public Charities, etc., 

 Harrisburg, Pa.; Surgeon-General's Ofiice, Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Republics, Dr. Albert S. Gatschet, Washington, D. C. ; 

 Public Library, Cincinnati, 0. ; Iowa Geological Survey, Des 

 Moines ; Department de Fomento, Caracas, Venezuela. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Socictd Royale des 



