1883.) 213 
ries at Prague, Offenbach, Geneva, New York; from the Royal 
Museum. at Brussels ; Geographical, Anthropological and Eth- 
nological Societies at Paris and Bordeaux; Revue Politique, 
Annales des Mines, Musée Guimet, Revista Huskara, Royal 
Astronomical Society, Museum at Rio de Janeiro, New Zea- 
land Institute, Boston Natural History Society, New Bedford 
Library, Yale College, Brooklyn Library, Prof. Guyot; Frank- 
lin Institute, College of Pharmacy, Library Company; Pea- 
body Institute, United States Naval Institute, Smithsonian In- 
stitution, National Museum, Bureau of Interior, and Fish 
Commission, 
The death of Prof. Stephen Alexander, at Princeton, N. J., 
June 25th, aged 76, was reported. 
The death of Prof. Charles E. Anthon, at New York, in 
June, aged 60, was reported. 
The death of Major-General Sir Edward Sabine, in England, 
about May 28, aged 95, was reported. (See London Nature 
for July 5, p. 218.) 
The election for new members was postponed to October 
19th, 
And the meeting was adjourned. 
Stated Meeting, August 17, 1883. 
Present, one member. 
Curator, Mr. Henry Puiuuirs, Jr. 
Letters of acknowledgment from Harvard College Library 
(112); the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society (118); 
the Royal Academy at Copenhagen (110, 111); Mr. Phillips 
(118), and the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Phila- 
delphia (113). 
Letters of envoy from the R. Accademia dei Lincei, the 
Geological Survey of India, the Royal Society at Liege, the 
Cambridge Philosophical Society, and the Musée Guimet. 
