PROCEEDINGS. 



Six hundred and eighty-first Meeting. 



i\Iay 25, 1875. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from Mr. R. C. 

 Winthrop, accepting his appointment as a delegate to the 

 International Congress of Geographical Sciences ; and, at 

 his suggestion, Mr. J. I. Bowditch was appointed a second 

 delegate to this Congress. 



The Treasnrer presented his report, wliich was accepted, 

 and on his motion it was 



Voted, To appropriate for the general expenses of the 

 Academy, during the coming year, twenty-one hundred dol- 

 lars ($2100). 



The Chairman of the Rumford Committee presented his 

 report, which was accepted ; and, in accordance with its sug- 

 gestion, it was 



Voted, That an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars 

 (81500) be made from the income of the Rumford Fund for 

 the coming year, to finish the publication of Count Rumford's 

 works. 



Voted, That the Librarian and Treasurer of the Academy 

 be authorized to sell to each Resident Fellow one, and one 

 only, complete set of Rumford's Works, including the Life, 

 for five dollars, and to settle on this basis the account 



