814 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



On motion of Professor W. M. Davis, a House Committee was 

 established ; the President appointed Messrs. Ware, Morgan, 

 and Rotch as this Committee. 



On motion of Professor Webster it was 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be tendered to the 

 Committee for their services in preparing this building for 

 occupancy. 



Nine hundred and sixty-third Meeting. 



February 14, 1906. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



There were present twenty-seven Fellows. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following letters : 



From Freifrau von Richthofen, in appreciation of messages of 

 sympathy on the death of her husband ; from the Academy of 

 Science of St. Louis, inviting the Academy to be represented 

 at a dinner commemorative of its fiftieth anniversary, to be 

 given March 10, 1906 ; from the American Philosophical Society, 

 inviting the Academy to participate in the celebration of the 

 two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, 

 to be held in Philadelphia on April 17, 18, 19, and 20, 1906 ; 

 from the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queens- 

 land, inviting the Academy to take part in the celebration of its 

 twenty-first anniversary, to take place in June, 1906 ; from the 

 Treasurer of the Leidy Memorial Committee, asking contribu- 

 tions for a Memorial to Dr. Joseph Leidy, to be presented to 

 the city of Philadelphia ; from the Koniglich bohmische Gesell- 

 schaft der Wissenschaften, announcing the death of Karl Ritter 

 von Koristka. 



On the motion of Professor Webster it was 



Voted, That Professor W. Trelease, of St. Louis, be requested 

 to represent the Academy at the fiftieth anniversary of the 

 Academy of Science of St. Louis. It was also 



Voted, That the President be empowered to appoint delegates 

 to represent the Academy at the celebration of the birth of 

 Franklin, by the American Philosophical Society in April ; and 



