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Association it was moved and carried that 

 an invitation be extended to these organ- 

 izations. 



Dr. Minot reported from the subcom- 

 mittee upon tlie affiliation of certain of 



Tthe medical societies that the invitation to 



■ affiliate was sent out to several societies, but 

 that sufficient time had not elapsed to allow 



-tliese societies to take action. 



Dr. Lee reported that the Council of the 

 American Physiological Society had re- 



: solved to report favorably upon the prop- 

 osition of the Association as a whole, but 



'that action by the Society cannot be taken 



'cuntil its next meeting. 



An appropriation of $25 or so much 

 tliereof as may prove necessary was made 

 for the purpose of sharing in the expense 

 attending the reception of Lord Kelvin to 

 be held by several national scientific or- 

 ganizations in New York City on April 21. 

 A letter was read from the Librarian of 

 the Manchester (N. H.) Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences, stating that their library had 

 been destroyed by fire last January, and, 

 on motion, the Permanent Secretary was 

 directed to present to the Institute as full 

 a set of the Proceedings of the Association 

 as should prove practicable. 



A letter from Dr. Franz Boas relating 

 to a proposed 'Association of American 

 Anthropologists' was read, in which he 

 asked the opinion of the Council of the As- 

 sociation concerning the possibility of a 

 practical substitution of this national so- 

 ciety for Section H of the American Asso- 

 ciation, all members of the new society 

 becoming members of the American Asso- 

 teiation, the society to have the privilege of 

 levying additional assessments of its own. 

 Some discussions ensued and a motion by 

 Mr. Gilbert was finally adopted to estab- 

 lish a committee on the relations of the A. 

 A. A. S. to other scientific organizations 

 and that the proposition from Dr. Boas be 

 referred to this committee. It was further 



moved and carried that the President of 

 the Association be made a member of the 

 committee. 



The following resolution was read by 

 Mr. Cattell: 



Resolved, That the Permanent Secretary 

 be authorized to collect the dues of mem- 

 bers of societies affiliated with the Associa- 

 tion if requested to do so by any of those 

 societies. 



Dr. Stiles moved that the Committee on 

 Convocation Week be requested to take 

 into consideration the advisibility of ad- 

 dressing officials in charge of Government 

 scientific bureaus in an effort to secure ac- 

 tion which will result in the detail of scien- 

 tific men in the employment of the Govern- 

 . ment to attend scientific meetings held dur- 

 ing Convocation Week without prejudice 

 to their annual leaves of absence, thus ac- 

 complishing for this class of workers what 

 the committee has been able to secure 

 through the different universities for the 

 teachers in the higher educational institu- 

 tions. 



The Secretary-elect of Section I, Pro- 

 fessor W. P. Wilcox, having resigned 

 through press of Avork, on motion of Mr. 

 Hyde, Prank R. Rutter, of Washington, 

 D. C, was elected Secretary of Section I. 



SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



THE DUTCH EXPEDITION TO THE MAL.iY 

 ARCHIPELAGO. 



Siboga-Expeditie, Introduction et Descrip- 

 tion de I'Expedition. Par Max Webee^ 

 Monographie I. 



This is the first of a series of sixty-five 

 monographs which are to appear from time to 

 time as the results of the cruise of the Sihopa 

 through the Malay Archipelago. One need 

 hardly add that such a series, under the author- 

 ship of many of the best known continental 

 specialists, will prove an important comple- 

 ment, if not a rival, to the reports of the 

 ChaUe7iger. 



