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Nominations of Officers for 1892-'93. 
For Honorary President—Joun S. NEWBERRY. 
For President—Ouiver P. Husparn. 
‘or Ist Vice-President—J A. ALLEN. 
For 2d Vice-President—H. CARRINGTON BOLTON. 
For Corresponding Secretary—Tuomas L. Casey. 
For Recording Secretary—H. T. Vuure. 
For Treasurer—HEnNRY DUDLEY. 
For Librarian—J Ames F. Kemp. 
For Councillors—N. L. Brirron, CHarues F. Cox, D. 8S. Mar- 
TIN, H. F. Osporn, J. K. ReEs, W. P. TROWBRIDGE. 
For Curators—Gero. F. Kunz, Harotp JAcosy, ArtHUR HoL- 
Lick, H. H. Russy, F. G. WIEcHMAN. 
For Finance Committee—Joun H. Hinton, H. G. Marquanpn, 
QO. B. Porter. 
On motion the chair appointed Messrs. Tariock and Fiske 
tellers. The election proceeded. At the close the tellers made their 
report, which was read by the Secretary, accepted, and the officers 
declared duly elected. 
Pror. Rees resigned the chair to Mr. Dupiey, and addressed the 
meeting on the subject of increasing the Publication Fund. He 
favored the plan of having a suitable hall and giving a course of 
Public Lectures, to which a small charge should be made for admit- 
tance. ‘To this end he introduced the following resolution :— 
Resolved, That the Council be requested to consider the advisa- 
bility of renting a hall and giving a course of lectures, for which a 
charge should be made, the profits to be placed to the credit of the 
Publication Fund. 
Remarks pro and con were made by Prors. Brrrron, MARTIN, 
Bourton, and others, and the matter was referred to the Council for 
action. 
Dr. Botton called attention to the fact that the delay in issuing 
the TRANSACTIONS was due to remissness of authors. 
Mr. Jacosy favored the plan of requesting authors to submit 
abstracts of their papers for publication before reading them. 
Dr. Brirron thought that the trouble might be corrected by 
sending formal notices. 
Dr. Botron replied that such a plan had been tried with little 
