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Sir William H. Flower, K. C. B., F. R. 8., had been re-elected President ; 
Charles Drummond, Esq., Treasurer; and Philip Lulley Sclater, Mat., 
Ph. D., F. R.S., Secretary, to the Society for the ensuing year. 
The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the Chair- 
man, which was proposed by Sir Hugh Low, G.C. M. G., seconded by 
W. E. Lord Phillips, and carried unanimously. 
Boston Society of Natural History.—The Annual Meeting 
was held Wednesday evening, May 5, 1897. 
Business: Reports of the Curator, Librarian, Treasurer, and Trustees ; 
announcement of the award of the Walker Prize for 1897 ; election of 
officers for 1897-98. 
The following paper was read : Dr. R. T. Jackson, “ Some Principles 
of Invertebrate Paleontology.” 
The following officers were elected: President, Charles Sedgwick 
Minot; Vice-Presidents, Nathaniel S. Shaler, Charles P. Bowditch, 
Edward S. Morse ; Curator, Alpheus Hyatt; Secretary, Samuel Hen- 
shaw; Treasurer, Edward T. Bouvé; Librarian, Samuel Henshaw; 
Councillors for Three Years, S. L. Abbot, William S. Bryant, Miss 
Clara E. Cummings, William M. Davis, James H. Emerton, Edward 
G. Gardiner, Henry W. Haynes, Miss Catharine I. Ireland, Benjamin 
Joy Jefferies, Nathaniel T. Kidder, Edward L. Mark, William H. Niles, 
F. H. Peabody, Charles P. Putnam, Alfred P. Rockwell, William F. 
Whitney. 
By the courtesy of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the 
General Meeting was held,in Huntington Hall in the Rogers Building 
of the Institute, Wednesday Evening, May 19th, at 7} o’clock. Paper: 
Mr. James Edwin Lough ; The Phenomena ot Telepathy. Mr. William 
Eliot Davis exhibited his dog, “ Dodgerfield” whose actions are sup- 
posed to be governed by telepathic influence—SamurL HENSHAW, 
Secretary 
National Andes of Sciences.—The following officers were 
elected on the 21st: Prof. Asoph Hall, Vice-President ; Prof. I. Rem- 
son, Home Secretary ; Prof. A. Graham Bell, Treasurer. 
The new members elected are: Dr. C. S. Minot, of Boston; Prof. 
Morley, of Cleveland; Prof. Gooch, of New Haven; and Dr. W. H. 
Dall, of Washington. 
The next or November os will be held at Boston, beginning on 
Tuesday, November 16, 1 
University of cbse a Biological Club.—A meeting of 
the Biological Club was held at the Biological Hall, Monday, March 15, 
