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was unable to be present, but the Section 

 was addressed by Professor R. H. Richards, 

 Ms subject being ' Ore-Dressing.' The ad- 

 dresses of the Vice-Presidents will be pub- 

 lished in full in Science. 



In the evening the retiring President gave 

 the highly important though somewhat 

 technical address ' On Some Points in Theo- 

 retical Chemistry,' printed in the last num- 

 ber of this Journal. 



The work of the Sections was chiefly con- 

 fined to the morning, afternoon and evening 

 of Tuesday and Thursday, though some of 

 the Sections held sessions on Fi-iday and 

 Saturday. The scientific papers presented 

 will be adequately reported in subsequent 

 issues. 



"Wednesday was devoted to an excursion 

 to Salem and neighboring places of scientific 

 and historic interest. By invitation of the 

 President and Fellows of Harvard College, 

 the members of the Association were guests 

 of Harvard University on Friday. The 

 scientific museums . and laboratories were 

 visited under the guidance of the heads of 

 the departments, and in the evening Presi- 

 dent Eliot made a most admirable address, 

 a report of which is given below. Among the 

 other entertainments provided for members 

 were receptions by the trustees of the Mu- 

 seum of Fine Arts, and the officers of the 

 public library, by Governor Wolcott, Mrs. 

 "W.B. Rogers and Mrs. J. C. Phillips. Mayor 

 Quincy entertained the principal officers of 

 the Association and several foreign guests at 

 dinner on Tuesday evening. There were also 

 private dinners and receptions given to 

 various members. Many interesting excur- 

 sions were arranged by the Appalachian 

 Mountain Club, including an extended trip 

 to the "White Mountains, following the meet- 

 ing. 



During the meeting the Council held fre- 

 quent sessions. Several alterations in the 

 Constitution, which will be acted on at the 

 next meeting, were recommended. A num- 



ber of fellows were elected, including sev- 

 eral leading men of science. Grants of $50 

 each were made to the Committee on Stand- 

 ards of Measurement for work being carried 

 on by Professor H. S. Carhart, and to the 

 Committee on the Ethnology of the "White 

 Race in America, for instruments to be 

 constructed by Professor J. McK. Cattell. 

 Other applications for grants were laid on 

 the table on the ground that they did not 

 fill the conditions of a resolution passed by 

 the Council which was as follows : 



Resolved, That grants be awarded under the follow- 

 ing conditions : 



(1) That a formal request be received for such 

 grant. 



(2) That a grant be awarded for a specific investi- 

 gation only. 



(3) That a report be submitted to the Association 

 describing the results of such investigation. 



The Council authorized Section H (An- 

 thropology) to hold a winter meeting in 

 December, 1898. This will be held at Co- 

 lumbia University, New York, in connec- 

 tion with the meeting of the American So- 

 ciety of Naturalists and affiliated societies, 

 and at the same time a meeting of the Coun- 

 cil of the Association will be held. 



The concluding general session on Satur- 

 day morning was chiefly devoted to the 

 customary addresses of thanks, which this 

 year were presented vsdth unusual cordial- 

 ity. Dr. McGee offered the resolutions, 

 and short addresses were made by M. Char- 

 nay, Dr. Bi'inton, Dr. Hovey, Professor 

 Sedgwick, Professor Tyler, the Rev. Dr. E. 

 E. Hale and President Putnam. A report 

 was made to the Association of the work of 

 the Council, including the announcement 

 that Columbus, Ohio, had been chosen as 

 the next place of meeting, and that the fol- 

 lowing officers had been elected for the en- 

 suing year : 

 President: Edward Orton, President of 



Ohio State University. 

 General Secretary : F. Bedell. 

 Secretary of the Council : Charles Baskerville. 



