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Jan, 20, 1888.] per 
Stated Meeting, January 20, 1888. 
Present, 24 members. 
Vice-President, Dr. RuscHENBERGER, in the Chair. 
Correspondence was submitted as follows, viz.: A letter from 
Col. R. Somers Hayes, New York City, N. Y., acknowledging 
his election to membership. 
A letter from Dr. Aristides Brezina, Vienna, acknowledging 
receipt of his diploma and of Proceedings, Nos. 121, 122, 128, 
124, and 125. 
Acknowledgments for Proceedings, No. 125, from the Obser- 
vatory at Tashkend, Russia; Zodlogical Society, Amsterdam ; 
R. Accademia dei Lincei and Prof.G. Sergi, Rome; Hssex In- 
stitute, Salem, Mass.; Profs. L. M. Haupt, John M. Maisch, 
James Tyson, Joseph Leidy, G. I. Riché, and Messrs. F. Graff, 
Philadelphia, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; 
Colorado Scientific Society, Denver. 
Acknowledgments for 403 packages for foreign transmission 
from the Smithsonian Institution. 
A letter of envoy from the Bureau of Ethnology, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Accessions to the library were received from the Minister of 
Mines, Wellington; Mining Department, Melbourne; Gesell- 
schaft fiir Anthropologie, etc., Messrs. Friedliinder & Son, Ber- 
lin; Geographische Gesellschaft, Miinchen ; Publishers of “ Der 
Naturforscher,” Tiibingen; Prof. E. Renevier, Lausanne; In- 
stitution Ethnographique, Société de Geographie, Mon. Victor 
Duruy, Paris; R. Academia de la Historia, Madrid ; Sociedade 
de Geographia de Lisboa; Society of Arts, London; Royal 
Geographical Society of Ireland, Dublin; Mr. A. F. Chamber- 
lain, Toronto; Historical Society, New York; Franklin Insti- 
tute, Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., Dr. Ruschenberger, Philadelphia ; 
Second Geological Survey of Penna., Harrisburg; Johns Hop- 
kins University, Baltimore; U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau 
of Education, U.S. National Museum, Bureau of Ethnology, 
Hydrographic Office, Mr. C. F. Neill, Washington, D.C.; Prof. 
