304 [Nov. 16, 
at the last meeting, Prof. J. T. Rothrock, Chairman, and 
Messrs. Thomas Meehan and Aubrey H. Smith. 
The Committee appointed to examine Prof. Sargent’s paper 
on the Diary of André Michaux, reported it worthy of publi- 
cation and suggested that it be issued in the Proceedings of the 
Society, which, on motion, was so ordered and the Committee 
was discharged. 
The Committee on Henry M. Phillips’ Prize Hssay Fund 
reported progress and was continued. 
The Secretaries were authorized to print Mr. James 
Mooney’s paper in the Proceedings of the Society. 
Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., gave a short historical sketch of the 
founding and progress of the Congo Free State. 
New nominations Nos. 1181 and 1182 were read. 
And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 
wStated Meeting, November 16, 1888. 
Present, 16 members. 
Mr. Tuomas H. Dupiey -in the Chair. 
Correspondence was submitted as follows: 
Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Musée 
@’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Bruxelles (126); ZLodlogical 
Society, Amsterdam (127); Teyler Museum, Harlem (127); 
Maatschappij der Nederl. Letterkunde, Leiden (127); Prof. G. 
Sergi, Rome (127); Prof. James Geikie, Edinburgh (127); Dr. 
J. H. Packard, Philadelphia (127). 
Letters of envoy were received from the Mining Depart- 
ment, Melbourne, Victoria; K, P. Akademie der Wissen- 
schaften, Berlin; Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesell- 
schaft, Frankfurt a. M.; Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y 
Estadistica, Mexico. 
Circulars were received from the U. 8. Commission to the 
Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. 
Accessions to the Library were reported from the Depart- 
