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E. R. Van Nardroff was elected resident member; and H. P. 
Cushing, of Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, and C. Lloyd 
Morgan, of University College, Bristol, England, were elected 
corresponding members. 
Prof. N. L. Britton presented the report of the Committee on 
the Audubon monument, and asked that the Committee be dis- 
charged. He reported the satisfactory completion of the monu- 
ment and the placing of the new die, which was guaranteed for 
at least two years. He announced that after all the expenses 
of the monument had been paid a balance of $1,797.25 remained 
in hand, which the Committee therewith turned over to the 
Treasurer of the Academy, together with the following resolu- 
tion: 
Resolved, That after all bills incurred by the Committee shall 
have been paid, the Secretary and Treasurer shall pay over the 
balance to the Treasurer of the Academy, under the title, 
“Audubon Publication Fund,” the interest of which shall be an- 
nually devoted to the publication of a memoir on some zodlogi- 
cal or botanical topic, if a paper suitable for such memoir shall 
be presented. If no such paper shall be presented during any 
one year, the interest shall be allowed to accumulate until one 
is presented. Memoirs published by this fund shall be so 
designated. 
A committee was appointed to audit the accounts of the 
report. 
There being no further business before the Academy, the 
Section in Astronomy and Physics then organized, with Prof. 
Woodward in the chair. 
The first paper was by Prof. Harold Jacoby, on “ The Deter- 
mination of Division Errors in Straight Scales.” Prof. Jacoby 
simply read the introduction to the paper and outlined the method. 
Thereupon, with the permission of the Chairman, he read a his_ 
torical description of the observatory at the Cape of Good Hope 
The second paper was by C. A. Post, on “ Photographs of the 
Lunar Eclipse of September 2, 1895.” The photographs ex. 
hibited were very beautiful and brought out some interesting 
points with reference to the time of exposure. 
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