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A note from Dr. Vanderpoel was received, nominating 

 J. Meredith Read as a resident member of the Institute. 

 The nomination, under the rule, was laid over till the next 

 meeting. 



Dr. Hough then proceeded to read a paper in regard to a 

 plan for compiling the statistics of the present war. He 

 presented forcible reasons for preserving the minutest de- 

 tails of those who were now engaged in this war, and the ne- 

 cessity of employing the present time while these details are 

 accessible, in collecting and compiling them. 



Dr. Hough then gave his plan for tabulating the statistics 

 of the war, exhibiting specimens of the tables which he would 

 employ, and explaining how, under the authority of the state, 

 this might readily be done for the state of New York. 



At the close of Dr. Hough's paper, the following resolu- 

 tion was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the Institute appreciate highly the neces- 

 sity which Dr. Hough has pointed out, of taking advantage 

 of present opportunities for collecting the valuable statis- 

 tics of the present war, and that they deem the plan pro- 

 posed by Dr. Hough as admirably adapted to secure the 

 end, and that they earnestly recommend the effort to make 

 arrangements to carry it into effect. 



Dr. Hough proposed Charles S. Loosey, Austrian consul 

 general at New York, as a corresponding member of the 

 Institute. On motion, the rules were suspended and he 

 was elected. 



Prof. Hall desired to add to the remarks he made at the 

 last meeting, the statement that the lead regions of Missouri 

 and Wisconsin furnish, at the present time, one-eighth of 

 all the lead yielded in the world. 



Prof. Hall also made some remarks in regard to publish- 

 ing the papers read before the Institute, expressing a desire 

 that the Institute might bear the credit of the publication 

 of many scientific discoveries, which otherwise must seek 

 other avenues of publication. 



