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MINUTES. [May 21, 



his thanks for the Society's greeting conveyed by cablegram on the 

 occasion of the commemoration of the centenary of Charles Darwin. 

 (See page ix.) 



An invitation was read from the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology inviting the Society to be represented at the inaugura- 

 tion of Dr. Richard C. Maclaurin as President, on June 7. On 

 motion the President was authorized to appoint such a representative. 



The decease was announced of Dr. C. Newlin Peirce, at Phila- 

 delphia, on May 16, 1909, aged 80. 



Mr. R. H. Mathews read a paper on " Some Burial Customs of 

 the Australian Aborigines." 



Stated Meeting, October i, ipop. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. James Christie, elected to membership in 1908, was admitted 

 into the Society. 



A letter accepting membership was received from Prof. Robert 

 A. Harper. 



Invitations were received : 

 From the University of Geneva to be represented at the Cele- 

 bration of the 350th Anniversary of the foundation of the 

 University. 

 From the President and Fellows of Harvard University to be 

 represented at the inauguration of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, 

 LL.D., as President of Harvard University. 

 The decease was announced of the following members: 

 Dr. Aristides Brezina, at Vienna, on May 25, 1909, set. 62. 

 Dr. Edward Everett Hale, at Roxbury, Mass., on June 10, 1909, 



aet. 87. 

 Prof. Simon Newcomb, at Washington, on July 11, 1909, set. 74. 

 Dr. Henry C. Chapman, at Bar Harbor, Me., on September 7, 



1909, set. 64. 

 Dr. Anton Dohrn, at Naples, on September 26, 1909, set. 68. 

 The following papers were presented: 

 "The Vertebrates of the Cayuga Lake Basin, N. Y.," by Hugh 



