140 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [ APR. 2, 
April 2, 1888. 
REGULAR Business MEETING. 
The President, Pror. J. S. NEWBERRY, in the chair. 
Fifty-seven persons present. 
The Report of the CouNCIL recommended as follows : 
I. The acceptance of the resignations of W. H. Rudkin and 
J. Van Schaick. 
II. The election of the following nominees: 
For Resident Members: 
Franz Boas, M.D., 
Tuomas A. EDISON, 
ANDREW J. RICKOFF, 
B. A. WATSON. 
For Corresponding Members: 
Rey. Thomas Morong, Ashland, Mass. 
T. Millard Reade, Liverpool, Eng. 
For Honorary Member: 
Prof. Dr. G. Meneghini, Pisa, Italy. 
III. and 1V. The payment of certain bills. 
V. That the proposition of the N. Y. Mineralogical Club for 
union with the Academy be accepted, with the following con- 
ditions: The Club to retain its name and independence, and to 
meet with the Mineralogical Section of the Academy, and there 
to present its matter desirable for publication. The Academy to 
publish the communications of the Club, giving due credit to the 
Club in its publications and on the announcement cards. 
The recommendations were severally adopted, and the candi- 
dates elected by formal ballot. 
Mr. B. B. CHAMBERLIN exhibited a white beryl, from a vein 
of decomposing granite, in gneiss, on First Avenue above 42d 
street. From the same vein were obtained the largest ortho- 
clase crystals yet found on New York Island, some of them 
being four by six inches. 
Pror. D. 8S. Martin, Chairman of the Publication Com- 
