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Haupt, C. E. Eastern Division; Gen. Hermann Haupt, Chiet 
Engineer ;” was received from Gen. Haupt. 
In handing in this communication the Secretary explained 
the object of the survey, and the high value attaching to 
this the first accurately measured and leveled section across 
Pennsylvania and Maryland; the use it will be to the topo- 
graphical and geological surveys of the State; and certain 
features both of resemblance and contrast which it presents 
to the long sections across the State prepared from less accu- 
rate data in 1841, and published in 1858. 
Another communication on the same subject was received 
from Mr. O. Barrett, Jr., C. E., entitled: “A list of eleva- 
tions above mean tide through the county of Indiana in 
Pennsylvania; from notes of survey under Gen. H. Haupt, 
for the Seaboard Pipe Line.” 
Pending nomination No. 839, and new nominations Nos. 
840, 841, 842 were read. 
The following Report of the Curators was read by Dr. 
Cresson : 
‘“«The Curators respectfully report in reference to the deposit in the 
Academy of Natural Sciences of the Stone-age Relics, received from Mrs. 
C. E. G. Peale, that they consider that for, the present it will be a proper 
disposition of the collection. They recommend, that after proper assur- 
ance that the building of the A. N. 8. is fire-proof, in accordance with the 
terms of the bequest, the transfer be made, subject to the usual agreement 
as to return upon demand. The following letter from Mr. Patterson, Ex- 
ecutor, assures the Society that thi proposition has his concurrence, and 
that they shall not be put to expense for making the transfer or setting up 
the relics in cases. 
‘* PHILADELPHIA, October 2, 1877. 
Messrs. Tyndale and others, Curators of the A. P. 8. 
Gentlemen :—Referring to the Proceedings of the Society on November 
19, 1875, in reference to the bequest of Stone-age Relics made by Mrs. C. 
E. G. Peale, [ask your further consideration and that of the Society to 
providing a place of deposit for the collection where it may be open to the 
inspection of the public. 
‘‘Mrs. Peale’s bequest is conditioned on the collection being lodged in a 
fire-proof building ; and it now lies in the building of the Philadelphia 
Saving Fund Society, but is boxed up so as to be unavailable for examina- 
tion. This disposal of the collection, while technically in compliance with 
