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Associate Members shall receive the publications of the Academy 

 and may offer their papers for publication in the Annals and 

 Memoirs, but because of constitutional provisions they shall 

 not have the power to vote and shall not be eligible to election 

 as Fellows. At any time subsequent to their election Associate 

 Members may assume the full privileges of Active Members 

 by the payment of the dues required by Chapter V, Section 1 

 of the By-Laws. Persons now Active Members may not be 

 elected Associate Members." 



The following resolution, having been presented by vote of 

 the Council, was then adopted: 



Resolved, That the Council of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences place on record its warm interest in the efforts which 

 are being made by the Peary Arctic Club under Mr. Morris 

 K. Jesup as president to outfit another expedition to the polar 

 regions under the direction of Commander Peary. 



In the opinion of the Council, such an expedition may become 

 one of great importance, and, in addition to the chief geographical 

 objects of the expedition, valuable observations and discov- 

 eries may be made in the sciences of geology, terrestrial physics, 

 geography, zoology, anthropology and botany. 



Resolved further, That the Academy cooperate so far as pos- 

 sible with the Peary Arctic Club in raising funds not only in sup- 

 port of the chief object of the expedition, but, if the necessary 

 additional funds can be secured, in support of a small scientific 

 staff to accompany Commander Peary and make permanent ob- 

 servations and collections in the chief bases of the expedition 

 en route. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Hermon C. Bumpus, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



January 9, 1905. 

 Section met at 8.40 p.m., Vice-President E. O. Hovey presiding. 

 Twenty-eight persons were present. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was then offered: 



