■^98 [March 4, 



Stated 3Ieetivg, March 4, 1881. 



Present, 13 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Mr. Ames and Dr. Wiirtz, new members, were introduced 

 to the presiding officer and took their seats. 



A letter acknowledging receipt of Diploma was received 

 from Prof. James Geikie, dated Perth, Scotland, July 14, 

 1881. 



The thanks of the American Institute of Mining Engi- 

 neers for the use of the Hall was received. 



The request for correspondence of the Vermont Historical 

 Society was read and agreed to. 



Letters of envoy and acknowledgment were read. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 

 mies at St. Petersburgh, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Dublin; 

 the Societies at Konigsburg Dresden, Halle and Giessen ; 

 the Geological Society at Berlin ; the Geological Interna- 

 tional Commission, Lausanne ; the Wiirtemberg Land History 

 Society at Stutgart ; the Zoologischer Anzeiger ; the Zoological 

 Garden at Frankford ; the Revista Euskara at Pamplona; the 

 the Bureau of Statistics at Brussels; the Paris Geographical 

 Society, Polytechnic School and Political Review ; the Geo- 

 graphical Commercial Society at Bordeaux; the Institute for 

 Earth Magnetism at Vienna ; the Royal Society, London ; 

 the Greenwich Observatory, the Adelaide Observatory, the 

 Meteorological Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the 

 Geological Society, the Linnean Society, the Zoological 

 Society, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Society of Arts, 

 London ; the Radclifi' Observatory at Oxford ; R. Corn- 

 wall Polytechnic Society ; the Philosophical and Literary 

 Society, Leeds ; and Mr. James Henry of Dublin. 



Mr. Lesley read a paper entitled " Notes on the meaning 

 of the word Hebrews^ and on Egyptian names of Hebrew 

 kings." 



Pending nominations N"os. 927 to 931, and new nomi- 

 nation No. 932 were read. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



