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of three members to be appointed by the President at his 
leisure, to examine and report thereon to the Society. 
A paper by Mr. James Mooney (Washington, D. C.), entitled 
“The Funeral Customs of Ireland,” was presented through the 
Secretaries. 
The President reported that he had received and paid over 
to the Treasurer of the Society the sum of $132.44, quarterly 
interest on the Michaux Legacy, due October 1, 1888. 
The President read a letter in reference to the collection of 
the same from Drexel, Harjes & Co., Paris, dated August 7, 
1888, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: 
Resolved, That, as the President of the Society has requested to be re- 
lieved from the collection of the interest on the French Rentes constitu- 
ting the Michaux Legacy, Messrs. Drexel, Harjes & Co.. of Paris, 
France, and Messrs. Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., be and they are 
hereby requested and authorized to pay the said interest as it accrues and 
is collected by them to the Treasurer of the Society. 
And the Society was adjourned by the President. 
Stated Meeting, November 2, 1888. 
Present, 7 members. 
Vice-President, Dr. RUSCHENBERGER, in the Chair. 
Correspondence was submitted as follows: 
A letter from the K. Sichsischer Alterthumsverein zu Dres- 
den, requesting Proceedings Vol. xx, No. 110. 
A circular from Miss Marie A. Brown, requesting pecuniary 
aid, to enable her to investigate the manuscripts in the Vati- 
can relating to the pre-Columbian discovery of America. 
Acknowledgments for Transactions xvi, ii, from the Boston 
Public Library; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 
bridge; American Antiquarian Society, Worcester; Yale 
University, New Haven; State Library, Albany; Buffalo Li- 
