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Stated Meeting, February 4:th, 1870. 



Present, ten members. 



Mr. Fraley, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters accepting membership were received from Mr. W. 

 M, Tilghman, dated Philadelphia, 1114 Girard street, Jan. 

 25, and Mrs. Emma Seller, dated Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1870. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of Proc. No. 82, were re- 

 ceived from the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, 

 and Georgia Historical Societies, and from the Peabody In- 

 stitute in Baltimore. 



The request of the Georgia Historical Society for a com- 

 plete set of Proceedings A. P. S. was granted. 



A letter was received from Prof. Charles E. Anthon, of the 

 College of New York City, accompanying a donation for the 

 Library of 44 numbers of the New York Numismatic Society 

 Joarnal. 



Donations for the Library were also received from the Rus- 

 sian G-eographical, and Paris Ethnological Societies; Dublin 

 Observatory; Boston N. H. Society ; Amer. Antiquar. Society; 

 Amer. Jour. S. and A.; Philadelphia Academy N. S.; Medical 

 News and Library; Maj. Gen. Humphreys, and the Chicago 

 College of Pharmacy. 



The death of Horace Binney, Junr., at Philadelphia, on the 

 3d inst., aged 61 years, was announced by Mr. Fraley. On 

 motion of Prof. Kendall, Chas. J. Stille, Esq., Provost of the 

 University, was appointed to prepare an Obituary notice of 

 the deceased. 



The extraordinary mildness of the Winter was illustrated 

 by a fact communicated to the Secretary by Mr. Hector Orr, 

 who watched carefully for two minutes the evolutions of a bat 

 about the corners of Spruce and Third streets. Other mem- 

 bers present gave similar illustrations ; as for example, ex- 

 panded blossoms gathered January 30th, in the open air : 

 peach trees in blossom at Lock Haven, Pa., &c. 



Mr. Chase communicated additional deductions from a study 

 of the rain fall tables of the Philadelphia Hospital. (See p. 311) 



