AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 1879. JANUARY 3, ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock, P.M. STATED BUSINESS OF THE MEETING. (Chair taken at 8 o'clock.) Election of officers reported. Librarian nominated. Librarian and Standing Committees chosen. Catalogue of members read. Candidates for membership balloted for. Proceedings of Officers and Council submitted. Candidates for membership balloted for. May 2. Nov. 21. 5. Dec. 19. Candidates for membership balloted for. Proceedings of Officers and Council submitted. Candidates for membership balloted for. Proceedings of Officers and Council submitted. Report of Finance Committee. Appropriations for OFFICIATING SECRETARIES AND CURATORS. Secretaries.-J. L. LECONTE, P. E. CHASE, for January, March, May, G. F. BARKER, J. P. LESLEY, for February, April, June, Curators.-HECTOR TYNDALE, for January, April, July, October. CHARLES M. CRESSON, for February, May, August, Novem ber. DANIEL G. BRINTON, for March, June, September, December. 1880. January 2, ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS, between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock, P.M. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 104 SOUTH FIFTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Secretaries of the Society will be much obliged to the member of the American Philosophical Society who receives this Number of the Proceedings if he will take the trouble to tear out this leaf, after writing on it his full middle name or names, and to mail it to the above address, so that the full name may be properly engrossed in the Members Book. 1878] Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass. Prof. Houston gave notice of his intention to move at the next meeting of the Society, certain corrections in the last page of the printed proceedings (p. 728), being the records of the meeting held June 21, 1878. And the meeting was adjourned. Stated Meeting, October 4, 1878. Present, 13 members. Vice-President, Mr. FRALEY, in the Chair. Letters accepting membership were received from the Rev. W. Rudder, D.D., dated Media, October 1; the Hon. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz, dated Department of the Interior, Washington, October 2; the Rev. F. A. Muhlenberg, D.D., dated 4307 Walnut street, Philadelphia, October 2; Mr. J. A. Allen, dated Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. October 2; Dr. Elliott Coues, of the U. S. Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories, dated Washington, October 2; and Prof. James C. Watson, of the Observatory of the University of Michigan, dated Ann Arbor, September 18, 1878. Photographs for the album were received from Mr. A. R. Wallace, dated Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon, England, and from William H. Flower, F.R.S., of the College of Surgeons, London. A letter was received from Mr. A. M. Fox, dated Penjerrich, Falmouth, September 4, 1878, respecting the decease of his father, Mr. R. W. Fox (July 25, 1877, aged 88), and the disposition of publications forwarded to him. Letters of acknowledgment for publications of the Society [Oct. 4, received, were read, as follows: Royal Society of Tasmania, February 17 (95, 96); Physical Society of Berlin, June 16 (96, 98, 99); Natural History Society of Göttingen, June 15 (99, XV i, ii); Holland Society of Harlem, June 25 (100; List); Teyler Foundation of Harlem, July 6 (100; List); Royal Society of Luxembourg (100; List): Royal Institution, London, June 1 (III to XI; XVI, ii; 100); Society of Antiquaries, London, June 18 (100; List); Statistical Society, London, July 15 (100; List); Royal Observatory, Greenwich, July 19 (99, 100); Royal Society of Edinburgh, July 5 (100); Maine Historical Society, (101); New Hampshire Historical Society, July 8 (101); Massachusetts Historical Society, July 9 (101; Cat. iii); Boston Public Library (101); Harvard College, July 9 (Cat. part iii); New York Hospital, July 8 (101); New York Historical Society, June 10 (101); Albany State Library, July 12 (Cat. part iii); U. S. Military Academy Library, July 16 (101); New Jersey Historical Society, July 8 (101; Cat. iii); Pennsylvania His. torical Society, July 8 (101; Cat. iii); Franklin Institute, July 26 (Cat. iii); Mr. John Fulton, Johnstown, July 8 (101); Peabody Institute of Baltimore, July 31 (Cat. iii); Naval Observatory, Washington, July 8 (101); Dr. William Elder, Washington, July 22 (101); Georgia Historical Society, July 9 (101); Rantoul Literary Society, July 8 (101); Chicago Academy of Sciences, July 8 (101); Sig. Mariano Barcena, Mexico, July 8 (100). Letters acknowledging the receipt of diplomas were received from the following members: Dr. D. G. Gilman, dated Amherst, July 10, 1878; Mr. Lorin Blodget, Philadelphia, July 8, 1878; Mr. Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia, July 8, 1878; Mr. George Stuart, Philadelphia, 1528 N. 18th street, July 29; Mr. John Fulton, Johnstown, Pa., July 8; and Dr. William Elder, Washington, D.C., July 22. Letters announcing the transmission of publications to this Society were received from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pest, July 16; the Natural History Society at Riga, January, 1878; Zoologico-Botanical Society at Vienna, |