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establishment of an " American Philosophical Society " with one 

 of its component societies at Philadelphia. In January, 1768, 

 the number of members was about fifty, and Mr. Winthrop of 

 Massachusetts, Dr. Styles of Connecticut, Hon. Cadwalader ('ol- 

 den of New York, Dr. Lee of Virginia, and Dr. Garden of South 

 Carolina were made Corresponding Members. 



2. American, Association for the Advancement of Science. — 

 The next meeting of the American Association — the thirty-fourth 

 — will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, beginning on Wednesday, 

 2Gth of August. The circular of the Local Committee states 

 that the buildings and grounds of the University of Michigan will 

 be placed at the disposal of the Association during the meeting. 

 Arrangements are made for an excursion free of all expense to the 

 Saginaw valley, and another, after the adjournment, to Detroit 

 and Mackinaek Island and return. The Secretary of the local 

 committee of arrangements is Professor John W. Langley. Mem- 

 bers who intend to be present are desired to inform the Secretar}' 

 in advance as to the kind of accommodations they may prefer, in 

 order that arrangements may be made accordingly. The Michi- 

 gan Central Railroad will probably run a special train from 

 Buffalo to Ann Arbor, leaving Buffalo, on Monday morning, 

 August 25th, if a sufficient number of members signify their wish 

 to avail themselves of it; and information on this point also 

 should be sent to the secretary. This train will stop, if the party 

 wish to do so, from one to two hours at the Falls View Station, 

 Niagara Falls, " where ample facilities for visiting the Falls will 

 be found." 



The University offers its apparatus for any experimental illus- 

 trations that may require it, and will "furnish electricity either 

 from a dynamo, from a storage battery, or from primary batteries 

 as may be needed by members reading papers on electrical 

 subjects. 



3. Meteorological Circular Letter. — For the following circu- 

 lar letter, this Journal is indebted to General Hazen, to whom it 

 was addressed by the International Committee of Meteorology, 

 St. Petersburg and London, May 1, 1885 : — 



In compliance with the instructions of the International Con- 

 gress on Meteorology at Rome, we have the honor to inform you 

 that the International Committee on Meteorology instituted by 

 this congress will meet for a third session in Paris in the begin- 

 ning of the coming September and that up to the present time the 

 following questions have been proposed for consideration during 

 this session: 



(1) Report of the Secretary on the labors of the Committee since the meeting at 

 Copenhagen. 



(2) Report of Messrs. Brito Capello, Hildebrandssou and Ley on the observation 

 of the cirrus. 



(3) Does it seem opportune to soon convene a third international congress of 

 Meteorologists? 



. (4) Establishment of stations of the first order on the Congo. 

 (5) Discussion on the utility of the summaries of the state of the weather as 



