^^^ [Sept. 21, 



Stated Meeting^ September 21^ 1891/,. 

 President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows: 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of diploma from Dr. 

 Isaac Eoberts, Crowborough, Sussex, England, and Hon, 

 Kobert E. Pattison, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 



A circular from the Royal Society of New South Wales, 

 Sydney, in reference to prizes for 1894, 1895 and 1896. 



A circular from the Palseographical Society of Australasia, 

 Sydney, setting forth the objects of the Society, 



Communication from the Council of the Imperial Russian 

 Geographical Society, in reference to the necessity of an Inter- 

 national Agreement with regard to the publication of material 

 contained in Naval Meteorological Journals. 



Circular from the Secretariat G^n^ral de la Socidt^ de G^og- 

 raphie de Toulouse, in reference to a decimal division of the 

 day. 



Prospectus of the nature and objects of the Royal Institu- 

 tion of Great Britain, London, England. 



A letter from N. Borovko, Odessa, Russia, in reference to 

 the question of an international language. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales, Sydney ; Mr. Edward Cousel, Melbourne, 

 Australia; Geological Survey of India, Calcutta ; Government 

 Astronomer, Madras, India; Soci^td Imp. Mineralogique, 

 Comit^ Geologique, Observatoire Physique Central, St. Peters- 

 burg, Russia; Academia Romania, Bukarest; Universite R. 

 de Norv^ge, Christiania ; Fondation de P. Teyler van der 

 Hulst, Harlem, N. Holland ; Maatschappif der Nederlandsche 

 Letterkunde, Leiden, Z. Holland; K. Leopoldinisch-Caro- 

 linische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Halle a. S., 

 Prussia ; Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der gesammten Natur- 

 wissenschaften, Marburg, Prussia; Wiirtembergische Verein 

 flir Handelsgeographie, Stuttgart; Musde Guimet, Bureau of 

 Longitudes, Soci^td Philologique, Paris, France; Zoological 



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