RECORDS OF MEETINGS- 559 



"Some Minute Phenomena of Electrolysis." By H. W. 

 Morse. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



" The Reactions of Amphibians to Light." By Arthur Sperry 

 Pearse. Presented by E. L. Mark. 



Nine hundred ninety-fourth Meeting. 



January 12, 1910. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



There were twenty-nine Fellows present. 



In the absence of the Corresponding Secretary, the President 

 read the following : — a letter from B. Beernaert, Minister of State 

 of Belgium, sending three hundred and seventy-five copies of a 

 manifesto against criticism of Belgium concerning its African 

 possessions ; circulars from the committee of the Third Inter- 

 national Congress of Botany to be held at Brussels, May 14-22, 

 1910 ; a circular from the Committee of the First International 

 Congress of Entomology, to be held at Brussels, August 1-6, 

 1910 ; from the Museo Nacional, Mexico, sending the felicitations 

 of the new year ; an announcement from the Societe d'Emulation 

 d' Abbeville, of the death of M. P. -C. -E. Prarond ; an announce- 

 ment from the Societe Royale Norvegienne des Sciences of 

 Trondhjem of the death of M. M. H. Foslie. 



The following deaths were announced: — James Barr Ames, 

 Resident Fellow in Class III. , Section 1 ; F. W. Maitland, Foreign 

 Honorary Member in Class III., Section 1. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Arthur Fairbanks, of Boston, as Resident Fellow in Class III., 

 Section 4. 



William Arthur Heidel, of Middletown, as Associate Fellow 

 in Class III. , Section 2. 



On motion of B. L. Robinson, it was 



Voted, That Professor W. G. Farlow be appointed delegate to 

 the International Botanical Congress to be held at Brussels, May 

 14 to 22, 1910. 



On motion of C. R. Cross, it was 



Voted, To appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) 



