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Washington, D. C, ; Mr. William Harden, Savannah, Ga. ; Mr. 

 George W. Baily, Cedar Rapid?, la.; Colorado Scientific So- 

 ciety, Denver; Agricultural Experiment Stations, Concord, N. 

 n. ; Amherst, Mass. ; Ithaca, N. Y. ; College Park, Md. ; Ag- 

 ricultural College, Miss. ; Manhattan, Kans. 



A photograph of Prof. John Tyndall, London, Eng., was 

 presented by Mr. F. Gatekunst, Philadelphia. 



The President reported that in accordance with the resolu- 

 tion of the Society he had appointed Dr. Daniel G. Brinton to 

 prepare the obituary notice of the late George de Benneville 

 Keim. 



The death of Oswald Seidensticker (born, Gottingen, 1824 ; 

 died, Philadelphia, Jaruary 10, 1891:), was announced and the 

 President was authorized to appoint a suitable person to pre- 

 pare the usual obituary notice. 



The election for Librarian was taken up and Mr. Henry 

 Phillips, Jr., was unanimously reelected Librarian for the en- 

 suing year. 



The President was authorized to appoint the Standing Com- 

 mittees, which he subsequently did, as follows: 



Finance. — Philip C. Garrett, Charles S. Wurts, William P. 

 Tatham. 



ffall. — J. Sergeant Price, William A. Ingham, Charles A. 

 Oliver. 



Publication. — Daniel G. Brinton, George H. Horn, Samuel 

 Wagner, Patterson DuBois, Horace Jayne. 



Library. — Edwin J. Houston, Jesse Y. Burk, William H. 

 Greene, William S. Baker, Albert H. Smyth. 



Michaux Legacy. — Thomas Meehan, William M. Tilghman, 

 J. Sergeant Price, Angelo Heilprin, William Powell Wilson. 



Henry M. Phillips Prize Essay Fund. — Richard Vaux, 

 Henry Phillips, ^t.^ William V. McKean, C. Stuart Patterson, 

 Joseph C. Fraley, and the President and Treasurer of the So- 

 ciety, ex-qfficio. 



The Secretaries presented for the Transactions a bacterio- 

 logical study of the water supply of Philadelphia, by Dr. 

 AV right. On motion, the same was referred to a Committee 



