36 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Nov. 3, 
The following recommendations of the CouncrL (October 
30th) were read, and the persons mentioned duly elected : 
1. The acceptance of the resignation of JupGE R. L. LARRE- 
MORE, who withdraws from the Academy on account of failing 
health. 
2. The election of Dr. BASHFoRD DEAN as Fellow. 
3. The election of the following Resident Members : 
FREDERIOK STARR, PH.D., 
‘Mrs. Matitpa Sutro, 
Dr. JEANNETTE B. GREEN, 
CHARLES F.. PRENTICE, 
Dr. FRANK D. SKEEL. 
4. The election as Corresponding Member of Pror. W. D. 
ALEXANDER, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. 
5. The payment of sundry bills amounting to $55.82. 
A letter was read from the New York Camera Club, inviting 
the Fellows and Members of the Academy to ar exhibition of 
photo-mechanical processes at the Club Rooms on Fifth Avenue. 
The Recording Secretary was directed to accept the invitation and 
convey the thanks of the Academy to the Camera Club for their 
kind invitation. 
Dr. J. S. NEWBERRY then read the paper announced for the 
evening, entitled 
ON THE GEOLOGICAL AGE AND RELATIONS OF THE POTOMAC 
GROUP OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 
This paper was of great value, but on account of the sud- 
den and severe illness of Dr. Newberry no abstract can be given 
in the current number. 
At the close of the paper Dr. HuBBaRpD asked whether this 
formation underlies the city of Richmond. At Dutch Gap, near 
the city, the Potomac River is very rapid and makes a bend of 
six or seven miles. Near this place an artesian well was sunk 
some three or four hundred feet into shell marl, and no rock was 
encountered or water found. 
Dr. Bouron announced that the second annual meeting of 
