PROCEEDINGS. 



Eight hundred and thirty-third Meeting. 



May 27, 1890. — Annual Meeting. 



The Vice-President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read an obituary notice of 

 the late Rowland G. Hazard. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Henry Newell Martin, of Baltimore, to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class II., Section 3, in place of the late John 

 C. Dal ton. 



Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, of London, to be a Foreign 

 Honorary Member in Class II., Section 1, in place of the 

 late James P. Joule. 



On the motion of the Corresponding Secretary it was 



Voted, To meet, on adjournment, on the second Wednes- 

 day in June, at half-past seven o'clock. 



The Treasurer's report was read and accepted. 



The report of the Librarian was read and accepted. 



On motion of the Corresponding Secretary it was 



Voted, To appoint a committee to consider a proposed 

 change in the statutes as they affect annual assessments. 



The Treasurer, the Recording Secretary, and Dr. H. W. 

 Williams were appointed. 



Voted, To appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dol- 

 lars ($2500) for the expenses of publication for the ensuing 

 year. 



Voted, That an appropriation of twelve hundred dollars 

 (81200) be made for the purchase and binding of books for 

 the ensuing year. 



