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[Dec. 21, 189$. 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the R. 

 Ministero della Instruzione Piiblica, Padova, Italia ; R. Ac- 

 cademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Modena, Italy ; Societa, 

 Reale, Naples, Italy; R. Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed 

 Arti, Venice, Italy ; Marquis de Nadaillac, Paris, France ; 

 Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, Halifax, Eng. ; 

 Victoria Institute, London, Eug. ; Radcliffe Observatory, 

 Oxford, Eng.; John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. ; 

 Bureau of Ethnology, United States Geological Survey of the 

 Rocky Mountain Region, Washington, D, C. ; Secretaria di 

 Fomento, Mexico, Mexico. 



The following death was announced: 



Prof. Paul Albrecht, Hamburg, Germany. 



Mr. Rosengarten read a paper entitled "The Chateau de 

 Rochambeau." 



Publication Committee reported that it had ordered the 

 publication of Dr. Cope's paper for the Transactions. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1273, 1274, 1276-1303 (inclu- 

 sive), and new nomination No. 1304 were read. 



Owing to the absence of the quorum required by the Laws 

 of the Society, the report of the Finance Committee was not 

 acted upon, the appropriations were not passed, and candidates 

 for membership were not balloted for. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



