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- such results of their researches as were of general interest and 
value. The Section is therefore not in any sense a rival of any 
of the useful existing biological societies of a more special char- 
acter; on the contrary, it is animated by the belief that all — 
have certain common ground. The subjects of the papers which 
have been presented to the Section during the past two years 
give suflicient evidence of the broad field covered,—namely, of 
Botany, General Zodlogy, as well as Icthyology, Cytology, 
Comparative Neurology, Vertebrate Paleontology, Physiology, 
Human and Comparative Anatomy. The general problems of 
Evolution and Heredity have also been discussed, especially in- 
the notable meeting between Professor Poulton of Oxford and 
Professor E. D. Cope of Philadelphia. The promise for the 
future is that this field will be enlarged by the addition of Bac- 
teriology and Miéro-Photography. The policy has been estab- 
lished of considering several short papers upon different 
branches of biology each evening, including only points of main 
interest and guarded by a time limit. The outlook for the 
future work of the Section is bright. With the rapid increase 
of biglogical investigation in this city contributions to the Sec- 
tion promise to be even more interesting and numerous than 
heretofore. ) 
The following Sectional Committee was appointed: Chair- 
man ex-officio, Secretary ex-officio, Prof. F. 8. Lee, Mr. C. F. 
Cox, Prof. H. F. Osborn. 
Dr. Bolton then read a short paper on the subject of the per- 
petuation of the names of distinguished men of science by the 
municipal government of Paris, in the nomenclature of the 
streets of that city, a large number of which commemorate the 
names of authors, investigators and artists in all branches of 
science, literature and art, not only of France, but of all nations, 
He emphasized the stimulus that this recognition gave to intel- 
lectual activity in all branches of learning,and to the good results 
that would follow the introduction of the same system in New 
York and other American cities, where, although presidents and 
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