1890.] NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 127 



March 3, 1890. 

 Regular Business Meeting. 

 The President, Dr. Newberry, in the chair. 

 About two hundred persons present. 

 The minutes of February 24th were read and approved. 

 The report of the Council was read, recommending: — 



I. The payment of the following bills: 



Publication of Annals, Vol. V., Xos. 



1, 2, and 3, 1242.49 



Editor of publications (one-half year), . 150.00 

 Minor exjDenses, 18.32 



II. An appropriation of SlOO for the chair- 



man of the Publication Committee for his 

 services for one year, . . . 100.00 



III. The election as Resident Members of 



Mr. R. Hudson Riley, 

 Mr. Lorenzo Dow, 

 Dr. H. T. Vulte. 



IV. The election of 



Prof. Josef Szabo, 



of Buda-Pesth, Hungary, as Honorary Member. 



The recommendations were approved by vote of the Academy, 

 and the persons named elected as specified. 



The following Committees have been formed by the Coun- 

 cil:— 



On Publications : D. ^. Martin, chairman; H. Carring- 

 TON Bolton, J. S. Newberry, J. K. Rees, T. L. Casey. 



On Nominaiio7is : The entire Council. 



On Library: N. L. Britton, chairman; A. A. Julien, C. 

 F. Cox, J. S. Newberry. 



The fifth lecture of the Public Course was then delivered, 

 entitled 



