■^O^ ' [Feb. 18, 



Magazine of History ; Franklin Institute ; Medical ISTews ; 

 Mr. T. Meehan ; Mr. H. Phillips, Jr. ; Naturalist's Leisure 

 Hour ; State Board of Agriculture ; Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity ; Lighthouse Board ; American Antiquarian Society ; 

 Wisconsin Historical Society ; Robert Peter, M.D., and the 

 Asiatic Society of Japan. 



The death of the Rev. E. A. Washburn, D.D.,at ]N"ew 

 York, February 2, 1881, aged 58 yea.rs, was announced by 

 the Secretary. 



The death of Auguste Mariette Pasha, at Cairo, Jan. 19 

 aged 60 years, was announced by Mr. Lesley, with a sketch 

 of his career as an Egyptologist. 



A communication was read, entitled " On the course of 

 Fossil Botany," by Prof. M. B. Renouf, at Paris, by Leo 

 Lesquereux. 



A copy of the original photograph of the nebula in Orion 

 was presented by Dr. H. Draper. 



A communication was read, entitled " On certain old 

 Almanacs published in Philadelphia between 1705 and 

 1744," by Henry Phillips, Jr. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Board of Officers 

 and Members in Council were read. On motion the action 

 of the Board in disposing of certain old newspapers by pre- 

 sentation to the Pennsylvania Historical Society was ap- 

 proved. 



The following report of the Chairman of the Committee 

 on the Michaux Legacy was read, as follows : 



Report of tlie Chairman of the Committee ou the Michaux Legacy : 



Half of the income of tlie legacy for the last year was duly paid over by 

 the Treasurer to the Treasurer of the Fairmount Park Commissioners, and 

 has been duly applied to the cultivation and distribution of trees, partly 

 in Park planting and partly to others. 



The other half was not all spent because Professor Rothrock only de- 

 livered a half course of seven lectures in the Park, as he desired to go and 

 went in the early summer to Strasburg to perfect himself in German, and 

 to pursue his botanical studies under Pi-ofessor De Barry. There was an 

 increased attendance and interest in Dr. Rothrock's last spring's lectures. 



Owing to but a dividend of 33 per cent, having been received for the 

 Auxiliary Faculty by the University from Dr. Wood's estate, Dr. Roth- 



