40 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [ DEC. 7, 
December 7th, 1891. 
REGULAR Business MEETING. 
Vice-President Dr. HusparD in the Chair. Twenty-five persons 
present. 
The minutes of the Business Meeting of November 2d were read 
and approved. 
Mr. GARRETSON, Chairman of the Jay Memorial Commitee, made 
the following report, which was unanimously adopted :— 
Resolved, That the New York Academy of Sciences receives with 
deep regret the announcement of the death of Dr. Joun C. Jay, 
which occurred at his country seat at Rye, N. Y., on November 
8th of this current year. At the date of his decease, Dr. Jay was 
the oldest surviving member of this Society, having joined the 
Lyceum of Natural History fifty-nine years ago. 
Resolved, That the Records and Annals of this Society bear 
abundant testimony to the efficient services of Dr. Jay in its behalf 
in his performance for many years of the duties of Treasurer of the 
Lyceum, and to his substantial aid and wise advice afforded it in 
times of financial difficulty. 
fesolved, That the Academy recognizes the eminent services ren- 
dered by Dr. Jay to the cause of science in his specialty as a con- 
chologist, through his labors in the collecting, classifying, and cata- 
loguing of mollusca in the celebrated ‘‘ Jay Collection” and the 
gathering together of extensive and valuable literature connected 
with the subject. 
Resolved, That the Academy and the public have cause for con- . 
gratulation in the fact that the results of Dr. Jay’s labors will live 
as a monument to his name and usefulness by the deposit with 
the American Museum of Natural History in this city of ‘the 
Jay Collection of Shells” and the catalogues and literature con- 
nected therewith—all of which were purchased from Dr. Jay by 
the late Miss Catherine Wolfe, and by her generously presented to 
that institution for the benefit of posterity. 
ftesolved, That these resolutions be recorded in the minutes of the 
Academy, and a copy of the same be furnished by the Secretary to 
his son, Dr. John C. Jay, Jr., of this city, to be received by him 
in behalf of the family of our deceased member. 
The following persons recommended by the Council were elected 
Resident Members by ballot :— 
STePHEN P. Nasu, 
Dr. J. ADELPHI GOTTLIEB, 
CHARLES Ripora Mann, 
Pror. Henry F. Osporn. 
