14b [Feb. 16, 



On motion of Mr, Smyth, the Society appointed Messrs. 

 Daniel G. Brinton and Henry Phillips, Jr., delegates to the 

 meeting of the Congres International des Americanistes, to be 

 held at Stockholm in September, 189-1:, providing that the 

 same shall not entail any expense upon the Society. 



The question of permitting persons connected with the 

 public press to be present at the regular meetings of the So- 

 ciety, for the purpose of reporting the same for publication, 

 was brought up by the Secretaries, and after considerable dis- 

 cussion the following resolution, offered by Dr. Daniel G. 

 Brinton, was unanimously adopted : 



That the Society disapprove of the presence of professional reporters, 

 in their business capacity, at the regular meetings of the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting, Felruary 16, 1894. 

 Mr. Ingham in the Chair. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Geologische Keichs- 

 anstalt, Vienna, Austria ; Naturforschende Gesellschaft des 

 Osterlandes, Altenburg, Germany ; Verein fiir Schlesische In- 

 sektenkunde, Breslau, Germany ; Naturwissenschaftliche 

 Verein fiir Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Prussia ; Koyal Geolog- 

 ical Society of Cornwall, Eng, ; Royal Statistical Society, Lon- 

 don, Eng. ; Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Institut 

 Egyptien, Cairo (1-41) ; K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt, K. K. 

 Naturhistorische Hofmuseum, Vienna, Austria (141); K. P. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften (11:0); Botanische Verein d. 

 Provinz Brandenburg (137, 138), Berlin, Prussia; Verein fiir 

 Schlesische Insektenkunde, Breslau, Germany (139); Prof. H. 

 von Helmholtz, Charlottenburg, Germany (138-141); Garten- 

 bauverein, Darmstadt, Germany (139) ; K. Sachsische Alter- 



