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Prof. Rees, for the committee appointed June 3d 1892, read an 
account of the life of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, which has been 
published in ‘‘ Astronomy and Astrophysics’’ for October 1892. 
Dr. Mason made some further remarks concerning Dr, Ruther- 
furd, with whom he had been associated for many years. He 
called special attention to Dr. Rutherfurd’s method of correcting 
microscopic objectives for photographic purposes. 
Mr. Jacoby gave an account of a visit to the observatories at 
Greenwich and Kew, and described the work being done at 
Greenwich in connection with the astrophotographic chart of 
the entire heavens. 
Prof. Rees made some remarks on the discovery ofa fifth 
satellite of Jupiter by Prof. Barnard at the Lick Observatory, 
September 9, 1892. He also referred to the recent observations 
of Mars at the Lick Observatory, Princeton, and elsewhere, and 
exhibited lantern slides illustrating some of the results obtained. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
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Srarep Merrrina 
NovemMBer 1l4ru. 1892. 
Biological Section, second meeting, H. F. Osborn in the 
chair, Bashford Dean, Secretary. Forty persons present ; the 
minutes of the first meeting October 17th, were read and 
approved. 
Permanent officers were elected as follows : H. F. Osborn, 
Chairman, and Bashford Dean, Secretary. Anadvisory commit- 
tee of four, consisting of F. 8. Lee, C. F. Cox, N. L. Britton, and 
E. B. Wilson was appointed. The papers of the evening were - 
«‘On the Pituiary body, with considerations regarding vertebrate 
descent” by Arthur Willey, ‘‘On recently discovered Creta- 
ceous Mammals’’ by H. F. Osborn, 
