xiv MINUTES. 



by Edmund O. Hovey, Curator of Geological Department, 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York. 

 " The Interrelations of the Fossil Fuels. The Jurassic and 

 Triassic Coals," by J. J. Stevenson, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor 

 Emeritus of Geology, New York University. 



Stated Meeting, December y, 1917. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The decease was announced of Franklin Paine Mall, M.A., Sc.D., 

 M.D., LL.D., at Baltimore, on November 17, 1917, set. 55. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " The Archaeological Significance of an Ancient Dune," by Dr. 



Charles C. Abbott, ^LD. 

 "American Sanitation in the Philippines and its Influence on 

 the Orient," by Victor George Heiser, M.D., Sc.D., which 

 was discussed by Doctor Harshberger and Mr. S. Hudson 

 Chapman. 

 Mr. S. Hudson Chapman, introduced by the President, made 

 some remarks on " Sanitation in Ancient Times as Recorded 

 on Coins issued by the City of Selinus in Sicily, from B.C. 

 466 to 406." 

 A communication entitled " Lusitanian Boat Tackle " was pre- 

 sented for the Magellanic Premium, and referred to' the Officers and 

 Council for report. 



The annual address of the president was read by Dr. Keen. 

 The Minutes of the Meeting of the Officers and Council were 

 submitted. 



Dr. Flays, in connection therewith, made the following statement : 

 He regretted to be obliged to report to the Society that its Minutes 

 for the year 1780 are found to be imperfect. Close examination 

 tends to the conviction that the record which has been embodied in 

 the Minute Book is a copy, made at some later date, of such loose 

 records as were then available and is written in a different hand 

 from that of the Minutes of 1779 and of 1781. Moreover, the rec- 

 ord of the meeting of the 21st of July, 1780, begins "At a meeting 

 of the Society the 21st of July, 1830," which slip of the pen leads 



