MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 47 



October 4, igo6. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Institute. Reports of Curators and Committees. The matter 

 of new stoves for the hall was discussed, and the Board of 

 Curators directed to purchase same. The President announced 

 the appointment of the Programme Committee for the coming 

 season, as follows: Henrietta K. Broomall, October; T. 

 Chalkley Palmer, November; Henry L. Broomall, December; 

 Dr. Trimble Pratt, January; Robinson Tyndale, February; 

 Carolus M. Broomall, March ; Sanford Omensetter, April. 

 Additions to the Library were announced as follows: "The 

 Magnesian Limestone of New Jersey and the Search for 

 Bacillaria in It " and " On a Deposit of Bacillaria from New 

 Mexico," by Arthur M. Edwards, M. D. ; " Census Reports, 

 Mortality Statistics." An open discussion on current scien- 

 tific topics closed the business for the evening. 



INSTITUTE NOTES. 



In connection with the recent record made by Lieutenant 

 Peary in his arctic expedition, reaching 87° 6' of North Lati- 

 tude, it may be of interest to members of the Institute to 

 remember that it has among its membership one of the sur- 

 vivors of the famous Kane Arctic Expedition. Amos Bonsall, 

 a life member of the Institute, is one of the last, if not the 

 last person living who accompanied Dr. Kane on his expedi- 

 tion in 1 853- 1 855. The expedition was made at a time when 

 much less was known of the rigors of northern travel, and 

 when the equipment of vessel and crew was far less complete 

 than nowadays. The dangers encountered and sufferings 

 undergone by the members of this expedition were probably 

 greater than on later ones for this reason. Mr. Bonsall, who 

 has of recent years been a resident of Philadelphia, became a 

 member of the Institute in 1856. 



Lewis Kirk, a member of the Institute, suggests the fol- 



