'90s.] MINUTES. 5 



Prof. Amos P. Brown read a paper on " The Rocky Moun- 

 tains." 



Stated Meeting, March j, ipoj. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



The decease was announced of Prof. Albert Benjamin 

 Prescott, at Ann Arbor, Mich., on February 25, 1905, aet. 72. 



Prof. Hermann V. Hilprecht read a paper on " Recent Re- 

 searches in the Temple Library at Nippur." 



Stated Meeting, March ij, 1905. 



President Smith in the Chair. 



The decease of the following members was announced : 

 Prof. John Lyle Campbell, at Crawfordsville, Ind., on Sep- 

 tember 7, 1904, set. yj. 

 Hon. James C. Carter, at New York, on February 14, 



1905, aet. 78. 

 Richard Somers Hayes, at New York, on March 2, 1905, 



aet. 58. 

 James Dundas Lippincott, at Philadelphia, on March 6, 

 1905, set. 66. 

 The following papers were read : 



" The Filipino, his Customs and Character," by Dr. J. A. 

 Metgzer. (See page 6.) 



" The Sociology of the Aborigines of Western Australia," 

 by R. H. Mathews. (See page 32.) 



