ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



F. P. VENABLE. 



Business Meetings. 



October 3d, 1884. 

 Prof. J. W. Gore presiding. It. was moved and carried that, the 

 meetings during the coming session be divided into two classes: 

 Regular meetings, for the especial benefit of the members, at which 

 papers on strictly scientific subjects are to be presented; Public 

 Lectures, which are to be on some general popular subject, for the 

 entertainment and instruction of the public at large. These meet- 

 ings are to be held at such times as may seem suitable and conve- 

 nient to the Council. 



May 25th, 1885. 



Prof. J. W. Gore presiding. This was the regular meeting for 

 elections. The official reports for the year were discussed and 

 ordered for printing in the Journal. 



The following officers were elected for the year 1885- '86: Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Thos. F. Wood; 1st Vice-President, Dr. W. B. Phillips; 

 2d Vice President, Prof. J. W. Gore; Secretary and Treasurer, F. 

 P. Venable. Executive Committee: R H. Graves, J. A. Holmes. 

 One place on the Executive Committee was left vacant, to be filled 

 by the Council. 



The following Honorary Members were elected : Dr. J. W. Mallet, 

 University of Virginia; Dr. H. Carrington Bolton, Trinity College, 

 Hartford, Conn. ; Dr. A. W. Chapman, Apalachicola, Fla. 



The treasurer was instructed to get estimates for printing the 

 next Journal. 



For the coming year it was decided that the biography should be 

 that of Dr. Louis D. von Schweinitz, and the Secretary was instructed 

 to correspond with the family as to the choice of a biographer. The 

 meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meetings. 



Five public meetings were held for the presentation and discussion 

 of scientific papers. At these meetings forty-three papers were pre- 

 sented. During the session, also four public lectures were given 

 under the auspices of the Society. 



