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are cultivating Science in different parts of America, to give a 

 stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction 

 to Scientific research and to procure for the labours of scientific 

 men increased facilities and a wider usefulness ;" although the 

 terms are so similar to those of the British Association, it is 

 curious to note that nothing is said with respect to foreign men 

 of Science or Non- Americans. 



Articles 2 and 3. provide that the Association shall consist of 

 Members, Fellows, Patrons, and Honorary Fellows. 



Article 4-. States that Fellows shall be elected by the Council 

 from such of the members as are professionally engaged in Science 

 or have by their labours aided in advancing science. The election 

 of Fellows shall be by ballot and a majority vote of the members 

 of the Council at a designated meeting of the Council. 



In democratic America it is also remarkable to see that there 

 is class distinction in Science, viz.: — Patron, Fellow, and ordinary 

 member, distinctions which it is true are of a mild form but which 

 do not exist in the British Association in spite of the aristocratic 

 institutions and feelings supposed to be predominant in England. 



Article 5. states that any person paying the Association 1,000 

 dollars shall be classed as a Patron and entitled to all the privileges 

 of a member &c. 



Article 6. provides for the election or three Honorary Fellows 

 in each Section. 



Articles 7. to 19. regulate the conduct of officers. The President 

 and Yice Presidents (the latter are Chairmen of the Sections) are 

 required to give addresses ; the former at the meeting following 

 his year of presidency. I do not cite the other clauses since they 

 refer to minor matters of administration. 



At the Buffalo and New York meetings the numbers on the 

 roll were :— Buffalo, 1886. New York, 1887. 



Patrons ... ... 3 3 



Members 1253 1285 



Carried forward ... 1256 1288 



