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ical Society of America, Rochester, N. Y.; Indian Rights' As- 

 sociation, Messrs. MacCalla & Co., Philadelphia ; Department of 

 State, Bureau of Education, Washington, D, C; Dr. John 

 Mallett, University of Virginia ; Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations, Orono, Me., Providence, R. I., Raleigh, N. C; 

 Board of Education of School District No. 1, Denver, Colo.; 

 Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, Messrs. Jos6 G. Agui- 

 lera y Ezequiel Ordonez, Mexico, Mexico. 



The following deaths were announced : Dr. C. Leemans, Lei- 

 den, October 14, 1893, ^t. 84 ; Furman Sheppard, Philadelphia, 

 November 3, 1893 (b. November 21, 1823). 



On motion, the President was authorized to appoint a suit- 

 able person to prepare the usual obituary notice of the latter. 



Prof L. M. Haupt made some remarks on the proposed At- 

 lantic Coast Ship Canal. He advocated the canal which is to 

 connect the waters of the Delaware river with those of New 

 York harbor. Such a canal, he said, would reduce the dis- 

 tance by water to the coal fields from New York city. As 

 there are over 6,000,000 tons of coal consumed annually in 

 New York alone, the saving in this item would be not less 

 than $3,000,000, which is the interest of $50,000,000, or about 

 four times the estimated cost of the work. The canal would ap- 

 pear to be needed by the ports of both New York and Philadel- 

 phia. The commerce of Philadelphia especially would be 

 greatly stimulated by such a water-way. Cheap transporta- 

 tion was the basis of his remarks. What was advocated is the 

 construction of a deep draught canal. It would be quite as 

 practicable to ship freight by this canal as it is by railways, 

 and quite as economical and rapid. 



Prof. Haupt then detailed the operations of the great canals 

 of the world. Leaving the Suez and Nicaragua canals out of 

 the question, he said no canal accomplishes such a great sav- 

 ing as this one would. 



A resolution read in the Senate by Senator Higgins was 

 then quoted by Prof. Haupt, asking that the Secretary of 

 War be " authorized and directed to cause a survey and exam- 

 ination to be made, at the earliest practicable time, for the lo- 



