650 PROCEEDINGS OF THE .OIERICAN ACADEMY. 



One thousand and tairty-second Meeting. 



M.\RCH 11, 1914. — Stated jMeetixg. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the chair. 



There were thirty-nine Fellows present. 



The following letters were presented by the Corresponding Secre- 

 tary: — from J. C. Hubbard, accepting Fellowship; from W. C. Br0gger 

 and Sir James ^Murray, accepting Foreign Honorary Membership; 

 from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, asking a subscription for the 

 proposed celebration of the tercentenary of the publication of John 

 Napier's " Logarithmorum Canonis Mirifici Descriptio"; to be held 

 in Edinburgh, July 24, 1914; from the Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 

 inviting the Academy to be represented at the thirtieth anniversary 

 of its foundation, to be held April 14, 1914; from the Deutsche 

 Shakespeare Gesellschaft, inviting the Academy to be represented at 

 its fiftieth anniversary, April 22-24, 1914, in Weimar; from the 

 Department of Fine Arts of the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- 

 tion, inviting the Academy to hold a meeting in San Francisco during 

 the Expostion; from the Academia de la Historia, Madrid, requesting 

 a delegate to the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery 

 of the Pacific, to be held at Seville, April 11-15, 1914. 



The Chair appointed Professor W. T. Sedgwick to represent the 

 Academy at Seville. 



It was 



Voted, That the Academy subscribe £2 for the Napier celebra- 

 tion. 



On the recommendation of the Council, the following appropriations 

 were made for the ensuing year : — 



From the General Fund, 85900. to be used as follows: — 

 for House expenses SLSOO. 



for Library expenses 1950. 



for Books, periodicals and binding 1000. 



for Meeting expenses 150. 



for Treasurer's office 600. 



for General expenses 400. 



From the income of the Publication Fund, 82500. to be used for 

 publication. 



From the income of the Rumford Fund, 82952.70 to be used as 

 follows : — 



