46 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



sendiugs are letaiued. their addition to the i^ermaneiit collections is 

 recorded by means of a double number, as may be seen in Appendix 

 VI. The first number is that whicli is given to the material on the 

 "examination and report " record ; the latter, the number on the per- 

 manent accession record. During the year 407 lots (Nos. 1*709-3235, 

 inclusive) have been received, lleports prepared by the curators or 

 their assistants have been forwarded to the senders. 



A detailed list, arranged alphabetically by names, is given in Ap- 

 pendix VI. 



MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS IN WASHINGTON DTTRIN(f THE YEAR. 



The American Historical Association held its tenth annual meeting in 

 Washington on December 20-28, 1804. The lecture hall of tlic 3Iuseum 

 was used for the morning sessions.' 



On January 3, 1895, the National Science ( 'lub held a meeting in the 

 lecture hall.' 



The regular April meeting of the I^ational Academy of Sciences 

 was, as usual, held in the Museum building. The lecture hall was 

 used for the public meetings and one of the offices for the business 

 meetings. The titles of the papers entered to be read at this meeting 

 are given in Ai)pendix vii. 



On February 25, 1888, a joint commission of the Anthropological, 

 Biological, Chemical, Geographic, and Philosophical societies was 

 formed, the Entomological and Geological societies being admitted a 

 short time afterwards. The necessity for more complete cooperation 

 among these societies had been manifest for some time, and many 

 of the i)rominent members used their influence to bring about such 

 a result. It was felt that one feature of the work, especially, could 

 be carried on to greater advantage — that of providing for suitable 

 courses of popular lectures. Accordingly, on January 25, 1895, the 

 following constitution was drafted, and afterwards adopted by the sev- 

 eral societies: 



I. The joint commission shall be composed of the officers and adnuuistrative 

 boards of the several component societies. 



II. The commission shall have power (a) to provide for meetings of the societies; 

 (h) to conduct courses of popular lectures; (c) to prepare a joint directory of the 

 members of the societies; (d) to distribute to all members of the societies periodic 

 advance notices of the meetings of the several societies; (e) to act in the interest of 

 the component societies at the instance of any of them. 



III. The expense thus incurred shall be borne by the several societies in the ratio 

 of their membership. 



The joint commission was organized on February 20 with Mr. 

 Gardiner G. Hubbard as president and Dr. G. Brown Goode as vice- 

 president. 



Although the Saturday lectures at the Museum for the season of 



A list of the papers submitted is i)rinted in Appendix vii. 



