628 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee it was 



Voted, That one thousand dollars ('"3^ 1,000) .from the income 

 of the Rumford Fund be placed at the disposal of the Rumford 

 Committee to be expended in aid of investigations on Light and 

 Heat, payments to be made on the order of the Chairman of the 

 Committee. 



Voted, To award the Rumford Premium to James Edward 

 Keeler, for his application of the spectroscope to astronomical 

 problems. 



On tiie recommendation of the C. M. Warren Committee it 

 was 



Voted, That the sum of six hundred dollars (8600.00) from 

 the income of the Warren Fund be granted to Professor 

 Charles F. Mabery, of Cleveland, Ohio, for the continuation of 

 his researches on petroleums. 



Voted, That the sum of thirty dollars (•'ii^SO.OO) from the 

 income of the Warren Fund be granted to Professor H. O. 

 Ilofman of Boston, for the continuation of his research on the 

 composition and fusibility of slags. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officei"S and committees : — 



Alexander Agassiz, President. 

 John Trowbridge, Vice-President for Class I. 

 Alpheus Hyatt, Vice-President for Class II. 

 Augustus Lowell, Vice-President for Class III 

 Samuel H. Scudder, Correspond inr^ Secretary. 

 WiLLTA:yi: Watson, Recording Secretary. 

 Eliot C. Clarke, Treasurer. 

 Henry W. Haynes, Librarian. 



Councillors. 

 Edwin H. Hall, \ 



Henry Taber, > of Class L 



Theodore W. Richards, ) 



Benjamin L. Robinson, ^ 



William T. Councilman, > of Class H. 



John E. Wolff, ) 



