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The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences of Berlin. 



The Royal Academy of Sciences of Gotfcingen. 



The Saxon Academy of Sciences of Leipzig. 



The Royal Society of London. 



The Royal Bavarian Academy of Science of Munich. 



The Academy of Sciences of Paris. 



The Imperial Academy of Science of St. Petersburg. 



The National Academy of Science of Washington. 



The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna. 



The unanimity of the meeting may be judged from the fact, that a 

 working constitution, which subsequent experience proved to be 

 -eminently effective, was finally arrived at on the second day. Many 

 distinguished men took part in the discussions, amongst them Pro- 

 fessor Simon Xewcomb and the late Professor Yirchow may be 

 specially mentioned. 



Although the Berlin Academy had never joined the German 

 Kartell, the first idea of a wider association seems to be due to a 

 distinguished member of that body, the historian Mommsen, who 

 though of advanced age, was able to be present at the first regular 

 meeting of the Association, which was held at Paris on April 16-20, 

 1901. In addition to the societies which took part in its foundation, 

 the following form part of the Association and were represented at 

 Paris :— 



The Royal Academy of Sciences of Amsterdam. 



The Royal Belgium Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 



The Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 



The Academy of Sciences of Christiania. 



The Academy of Sciences of Copenhagen. 



The Academy " des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres " of the Institut 



de France. 

 The Academy of " Sciences, morales et politiques " of the Institut 



de France. 

 The Royal Society " dei Lincei " of Rome. 

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 



This meeting is not likely to pass out of the memory of those 

 who took part in it. Its importance was enhanced by the social func- 

 tions which were held in connection with it, and which included a 

 luncheon given by President Loubet, at the Elysee, a banquet given 

 by the Conseil Municipal, and a special performance at the Theatre 

 Fran9ais. The subsequent triennial meeting of the Academy which 

 was held in 1904, passed off not less brilliantly. The representatives 

 of the learned societies were received by their Majesties at Windsor, and 

 the Lord Mayor invited them to dinner at the Mansion House. Social 

 -engagements, though welcome as marking the importance of the occa- 



