PROCEEDINGS 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



PHILADEEPHIA. 



1907. 



January 15. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-six persons present. 

 The death of Edward Coles, a member, August, 1906, was announced. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees had 

 been appointed to serve during the ensuing year: 



Finance. — John Cadwalader, Edwin S. Dixon, EfHngham B. Morris, 

 Horatio C. Wood, M.D., and the Treasurer. 



Publications. — Henry Skinner, M.D., Witmer Stone, Henr}^ A. 

 Pilsbry, Sc.D., Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., and Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



Library. — Dr. C. Newlin Peirce, Thomas Biddle, M.D., Benjamin 

 Sharp, M.D., George Vaux, Jr., and Henry Tucker, M.D. 



Instruction and Lectures. — Benjamin Smith Lyman, Henry A. 

 Pilsbry, Sc.D., Charles Morris, Philip P. Calvert and Dr. C. Newlin 

 Peirce. 



Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Arthur Erwin Brown, 

 Thomas H. Fenton, M.D., John Cadwalader and Charles B. Pen- 

 rose, M.D. 



