1884 J 421 . 
A letter declining membership for sufficient reasons was re- 
ceived from Henry Flanders. 
Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Tacu- 
baya Observatory, Mexico (110, 111), and the Franklin Insti- 
tute (118 
Letters of envoy were received from the Central Physical 
Observatory of Russia; the Tee ra the Dutch Colonies, 
through the Department of State, U. , Washington, D. GC. 
January 2! 
A. letter vetaalite full exchanges was received from the 
Johns Hopkins University, dated Baltimore, January 26. 
On motion, the Secretaries were authorized to furnish back 
volumes and numbers of Transactions and Proceedings to the 
Johns Hopkins University. 
A letter requesting information was received from the 
Oneida Historical Society, dated Utica, New York, Jan. 29. 
A letter respecting the discovery of Penn MSS., and request- 
ing information was received from John Lyon Denson, dated 
21 Upper Northgate Street, Chester, England, January 11. 
The subject was referred to the Secretaries to report action, 
Donations for the - ee wore received from the govern- 
ment of the Dutch Colonies and the Society at Batavia; the 
Geological Survey of India; the Imperial Austrian Academy ; 
the Statistical Bureau of Sweden; the German Geological So- 
ciety; Fortschritte der Physik and Garten Zeitung ; the Leo. 
Car. Academy of Science; the Geological Society at Dresden ; 
the Societies at Greifswald, Freiburg and Bonn; the Danish 
Academy and Society of evens aries; the Belgian Ac oo. 
M. Henri de Saussure, of Geneva ; ties A Academia dei Lincei ; 
the National Academy and Geogr aphival Society at Bordeaux ; 
the Zodlogical and Anthropological Societies and Keole Poly- 
technique, Revue Politique, and Science et Nature; the 
Meteorological and Astronomical Societies in London, and 
London Nature; Dr. 'T. 8. Hunt; the Boston Natural History 
Society, and American Academy of Sciences; the Museum of 
Comparative Zodlogy, and Cambridge Obser ratory ; Magazine 
