Proceedings. 37 



Rome, Italy. — Biblioteca Naz. Centrale Vittorio Emmanuele: Bollettino, 



Vol. Yii, No. 23; Indice. 

 R. Comitato Geologico: Rassequa, Anno ii, Fasc. 1, 2, 3. 

 Santiago, Chili.— Soci€t6 Sci^ntifique du Chili: Actes, Tomo ii, Liv. 2, 3. 

 Scbaffbausen, Switzerland. — Entomologische Gesellschaft : Mittheilungen, 



Vol. Yiii, No. 10. 

 Semur en Auxios, France. — Societe des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles: 



Bulletin, Sen 2, No. 6. 

 St. Johns, N. B. — National History Society : Bulletin, No. x. 

 Stockholm, Sweden. — Entomologiska Foreningen: Entom.Tidskrift, Aarg. 



13, Heft 1-4. 

 Sydney, N. S. Wales. — Mining Department, N. S. Wales: Annual Report, 



1892; Records, Vol. iii. Parts 2 and 3. 

 Royal Society of N. S. Wales: Journal, Vol. xxvi. 

 Tokio, Japan. — Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Natur-u-Volkerkunde Ost-Asiens: 



Mittheilungen, B. v, Helt 45; Mittheilungen, B. vi. Heft 52. 

 Toronto, Canada. — The Canadian Institute: Transactions, Vol. in. Part 



I, No. 5. 

 Toulouse, France. Academic des Sciences Inscriptions et Belles Lettres : 



Memoire, To. iv. 

 Zurich, Switzerland. — Naturforschende Gesellschrft: Vierteljahreschrift, 



Jahrg 37, Heft 3 and 4; Vienteljahreschrft, Jahrg 38, Heft 1 and 2. 



The Academy then proceeded to the election of officers. 

 The election resulted as follows : 



President, - - - Henry L. Osborn. 

 Vice-President, - W. Xavier Sudduth. 



Recording- Secretary, Christopher W. Hall. 

 Treasurer, - - - Edward C. Gale. 

 Corresponding Sec^y, Charles P. Berkey. 



Trustee to till unexpired term of D. Percy 

 Jones, resigned, - Horace V. Winchell. 



Trustees for three years, - ^n^' r^'^ -, 



•^ IT. S. Roberts. 



On Sunday evening, December 3rd, last, William H. 

 Pratt, Corresponding Secretary of the Minnesota Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, departed this life. Mr. Pratt was born 

 in Bridgewater, Mass., September 6th, 1822. When a mere 

 boy his father brought the family to Illinois, and settled in a 

 small town, engaging in the milling business. It was in this 

 village that young Pratt secured the rudiments of an educa- 



