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would greatly enlighten us on the subject, and he was confirmed in his 

 opinion by a letter just received by him from Prof. Krug, of Berlin, call- 

 ing attention to the desirability of more knowledge of West India forestry 

 and vegetation. Announcement was also made to us that Prof. Rothrock 

 had been awarded a medal by the Paris Exhibition for his exhibits of pho- 

 tographs of American forestry, he having been enabled to make a portion 

 of said exhibit by the appropriation of our Society, and in sending them 

 copies of our photographic lantern slides. 



The Committee submits the following resolution, which it desires shall 

 be passed by the Society : 



Resolved, That the sum of $300 be appropriated to Prof. Rothrock out 

 of the Michaux fund for the purpose of obtaining fresh forestry data and 

 new photographic lantern slides in his expedition to the West Indies for 

 the use in future lectures under the auspices of the Society. 

 By order of the Committee, 



J. SERGEANT PRICE, Secretary. 



Mr. Price, having read to the Society a letter* from Prof. 



* PARIS, 11 RUE LAS CASKS, 16th October, 1890. 

 To THE PRESIDENT OP THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OP PHILADELPHIA : 



Mr. President:! sent to your address about two months ago, through the Smithsonian 

 Institution, a copy of the last work of our regretted colleague, the late Mr. Auguste Car- 

 lier, entitled "The American Republic," in four volumes in octavo, to be offered to 

 the American Philosophical Society. 



I shall be very much obliged to you if, \vhen this work reaches you, you will acknowl- 

 edge its receipt. 



I send you, enclosed in this letter, a photograph of Mr. Carlier, in case you do not 

 possess it in your collection. 



I take advantage of this occasion to send you mine also. I have had the negligence 

 not to send it at the time when the Secretary requested this of the members ; but it is 

 time enough to repair that error and also to testify to you the high value I attach to the 

 honor done me by the American Philosophical Society in admitting me in its midst on 

 the presentation of the excellent Mr. Moncure Robinson. 



You have already been notified by Mr. P. Massion, notary, in Paris, 58 Boulevard 

 Haussmanu, and testamentary executor of the late Mr. Carlier, that our regretted friend 

 had left a legacy of twenty thousand francs to the American Philosophical Society. The 

 legacy was entrusted to me, for he named me as his universal legatee, and it should be 

 paid one year after his death by the terms of his will, that is, on the 16th of March, 1891, 

 without interest until then. 



All the rights of succession payable to the French Treasury are to my expense. The 

 American Philosophical Society, then, will not have to pay any expenses but those of 

 the power of attorney, that it should give to the person whom it will charge to receive 

 this sum in Paris. This power of attorney, made before a notary public in Philadelphia, 

 should be legalized by the French Consul in Philadelphia, and the signature of the said 

 Consul will be in turn certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. 



So far as concerns me, I see no other legal steps to ask of the Society. (Of course, it is 

 understood that the first document to produce is a resolution of the Society, at a regular 

 meeting held in conformity with its rules, by which it shall expressly accept the legacy 

 of Mr. Carlier, and give a power of attorney to some one to accept the same in its name 

 in Paris, and at the same time to receive for it this sum.) But as Mr. P. Massion, the 

 testamentary executor, who does not know, as I do, American legislation, mighj 



