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around the globe itself. May it be that in the dissemination of the earnest thought of your great body the welfare and happiness of mankind shall be the fruitage.

Mr. President and gentlemen, again I extend to you, one and all, a sin.cere and cordial welcome.

His Honor WILLIAM B. SMITH, Mayor of Philadelphia, was next introduced by the President, and in a brief speech said that after the hearty words of welcome which had been extended by the Governor of the Commonwealth, it remained for him simply to add that the municipality of Philadelphia, a city within whose limits there were as many happy homes as any city on the civilized globe, and abounding with institutions of education, of philanthropy and of religion; there is a chord of sympathy and greeting which needs no expression at my hands.

Whatever can be done to make your sojourn pleasant, or to add to your comfort and convenience will find a ready response in the hearts of our citizens. I sincerely hope that your labors and considerations may be abundantly successful, and that upon your departure from the city you may be able to say, that here were found a people loyal to their country, creditable to the spirit of humanity and enjoying the blessings of Providence whose goodness reigned over them.

To the above addresses of welcome President LESLEY responded as follows:

This welcome is like that of a parent to a returning son. This Association was virtually born in Philadelphia. About the year 1832 was organized the Society of Geologists of Pennsylvania. It held meetings in this city regularly, and the result was that in 1840, eighteen of the principal geologists of the eastern part of the United States met on April 2, in the Franklin Institute, and organized the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists.

In 1841 they held their second annual meeting, and the next year their third, in Boston. In 1847, so many astronomers, mathematicians and other men of science had entered the charmed circle of this Association that it was necessary to change its name to signify the enlargement of its scope. In the year 1848 the first meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was held in Philadelphia, and since then the Association has held its yearly sessions in all the principal cities of the Union. It now comes back to its home — Philadelphia.

President LESLEY announced that by direction of the Standing Committee he had sent a congratulatory dispatch by cable to the French Society for the Advancement of Science, that had opened a congress in Blois yesterday about an hour before the beginning of the convention here. He added, with a smile, that the Gallic Society had been a little more quickly courteous than the American and had cabled a greeting that arrived before the message of his own Association had been put on the wires. The French society's dispatch being translated read:

"The French Association for the Advancement of Science, collected in congress, addresses to her American sister wishes for prosperity and compliments friendly and confraternal."

An invitation was read from the President of the Electrical Exhibition, inviting the Association to visit the exhibition in a body. It was announced that the Standing Committee had accepted the invitation for September 10. A similar invitation was accepted from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, though no day was set for a visit.

A touching letter was read from Dr. ISAAC LEA, who is ninety-three years old, and a past President of the Association. He regretted that physical infirmities made it impossible for him to attend the meeting, but earnestly invited all the members to a reception at his summer residence at Long Branch on Saturday next. The invitation was accepted.

A cordial invitation was extended to the public to be present at all the meetings of the Association.

The PERMANENT SECRETARY then read the following letter from Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON:

To F. W. PUTNAM,

DEAR SIR:

STAMFORD, CONN., JULY 21, 1884.

Permanent Secretary A. A. A. S.

In furtherance of my desire to do something to encourage pure science, about which we have conferred, I herewith enclose my check for one thousand dollars, payable to you as Permanent Secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be expended by the Association, under the direction of its Standing Committee, for making experimental research upon light and heat; the results of these experimental researches to be reported to the Standing Committee of the Association.

Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

The PERMANENT SECRETARY stated that this was the second time Mrs. Thompson had advanced the objects of the Association by her liberality. On the recommendation of the STANDING COMMITTEE a vote of thanks was given to Mrs. Thompson for her liberal gift.

The GENERAL SECRETARY then read a list of 314 persons recommended for membership in the Association and they were duly elected.

The PERMANENT SECRETARY read the financial report of the Association. This is printed in full on another page.

The PERMANENT SECRETARY also read the following list of members, notices of whose death had been received during the past year. L. N. DIMMICK, Santa Barbara, Cal. May 31, 1884.

Joined at the 29th meeting. Died

MRS. KATE N. DOGGETT, Chicago, Ill. Joined at the 17th meeting. Died March 12, 1884.

ALFRED L. ELWYN, Philadelphia, Pa. Joined at the 1st meeting. Died March 15, 1884.

DR. GEORGE ENGLEMANN, St. Louis, Mo. Joined at the 1st meeting. Born Feb. 2, 1809. Died Feb. 4, 1884.

PROF. ARNOLD GUYOT, Princeton, N. J. Joined at the 1st meeting. Born Sept. 5, 1809. Died Feb. 8, 1884.

GEORGE E. HAYES, Buffalo, N. Y. Joined at the 15th meeting. WALTER N. HILL, Chester, Pa. Joined at the 29th meeting. Born April 15, 1846. Died March 29, 1884.

WILLIAM S. JOHNSON, Washington, D. C. Joined at the 31st meeting. Born Sept. 20, 1859. Died Oct 6, 1883.

HENRY A. JONES, Portland, Me. Joined at the 29th meeting. Sept. 3, 1883.

Died

THOMAS KITE, Cincinnati, Ohio. Joined at the 5th meeting. Died Feb. 6, 1884.

DR. JOHN L. LECONTE, Philadelphia, Pa. Joined at the 1st meeting. Died Nov. 15, 1883.

REV. B. N. MARTIN, New York, N. Y. Joined at the 23rd meeting. Died Dec. 26, 1883.

THOMAS MCFADDEN, Westerville, Ohio. Joined at the 30th meeting. Born Nov. 9, 1825. Died Nov. 9, 1883.

HARRY E. PACKER, Mauch Chunk, Pa. Joined at the 30th meeting. Died Feb. 1, 1884.

B. O. PEIRCE, Beverly, Mass. Joined at the 18th meeting. Died Nov. 12, 1883. Aged 71 years.

MRS. ALMIRA HART LINCOLN PHELPS, Baltimore, Md. Joined at the 13th meeting. Died July 15, 1884, in her 91st year.

STEPHEN H. POTTER, Hamilton, Ohio. Joined at the 30th meeting. Born Nov. 10, 1812. Died Dec. 9, 1883.

SIDNEY PULSIFER, Philadelphia, Pa. Joined at the 21st meeting. Died March 24, 1884.

BENJAMIN D. SANDERS, Wellsburg, W. Va.

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Joined at the 19th meet

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DR. J. LAWRENCE

Born Dec. 16, 1818.

SMITH, Louisville, Ky. Joined at the 1st meeting.
Died Oct. 12, 1883.

JOSIAH A. STEARNS, Boston, Mass. Joined at the 29th meeting.
ARTHUR F. TAYLOR, Cleveland, Ohio.

July 3, 1883.

Joined at the 29th meeting. Died

This list contains the names of four original members of the Association, two of whom were past presidents, also the name of a former treas

urer.

After formal announcements by the PERMANENT SECRETARY and Officers of the LOCAL COMMITTEE the GENERAL SESSION adjourned.

On the adjournment of the General Session the SECTIONS met in their respective section rooms to complete their organizations with the following results.

SECTION A. MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY.

Vice President: II. T. EDDY.

Secretary: G. W. HOUGH.

Member of Standing Committee: WILLIAM HARKNESS.

Sectional Committee: ORMOND STONE, J. R. EASTMAN, S. J. COFFIN.

Nominating Committee: C. G. ROCKWOOD.

Sub-committee on Nomination: W. A. ROGERS, LEWIS SWIFT, H. M.

PAUL.

SECTION B. PHYSICS.

Vice President: JOHN TROWBRIDGE.

Secretary: N. D. C. HODGES.

Member of Standing Committee: T. C. MENDENHALL.

Sectional Committee: H. S. CARHART, A. A. MICHELSON, E. H. HALL. Nominating Committee: C. S. HASTINGS.

Sub-committee on Nomination: T. F. JEWELL, C. K. WEAD, C. THOMAS.

Vice President:

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JOHN W. LANGLEY.

Secretary: HENRY CARMICHAEL.

Member of Standing Committee: W. R. NICHOLS.

Sectional Committee: W. O. ATWATER, GEO. C. CALDWELL, F. W. CLARKE.

Nominating Committee: S. A. LATTIMORE.

Sub-committee on Nomination: E. W. MORLEY, W. MCMURTRIE, C. LEO

MEES.

SECTION D. MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

Vice President: R. H. THURSTON.

Secretary: J. BURKITT WEBB.

Standing Committee: DEVOLSON WOOD.

Sectional Committee: G. LANZA, W. A. ROGERS, M. B. SNYDER.

Nominating Committee: C. J. H. WOODBURY.

Sub-committee on Nomination: J. C. HOADLEY, W. P. TROWBRIDGE, T. R. PICKERING.

SECTION E. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY.

Vice President: N. H. WINCHELL.

Secretary: EUGENE A. SMITH.

Member of Standing Committee: GEO. H. Cook.

Sectional Committee: EDWARD ORTON, E. T. Cox, E. T. NELSON.

Nominating Committee: H. S. WILLIAMS.

Sub-committee on Nomination: D. S. MARTIN, A. H. WORTHEN, J. C.

SMOCK.

SECTION F. BIOLOGY.

Vice President: E. D. COPE.

Secretary: C. E. BESSEY.

Member of Standing Committee: GEORGE MACLOSKIE.

Sectional Committee: HENRY F. OSBORNE, J. W. CHICKERING, BURT G. WILDER.

Nominating Committee: J. G. MORRIS.

Sub-committee on Nomination: WM. SAUNDERS, B. SHARP, HERBERT

OSBORN.

SECTION G. HISTOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY.

Vice President: T. G. WORMLEY.

Secretary: ROMYN HITCHCOCK.

Member of Standing Committee: W. H. WALMSLEY.

Sectional Committee: A. H. HERVEY, R. H. WARD, W. H. WALMSLEY.

Nominating Committee: WM. LIBBEY, JR.

Sub-committee on Nomination: A. P. BROWN, J. D. HYATT, C. S. SHULTZ.

SECTION H. ANTHROPOLOGY.

Vice President: E. S. MORSE.

Secretary: G. H. PERKINS.

Member of Standing Committee: P. R. HOY.

Sectional Committee: T. F. MOSES, W. H. DALL, S. D. PEET.
Nominating Committee: W. H. DALL.

Sub-committee on Nomination: MRS. E. A. SMITH, JOHN CONE KIMBALL, J. W. POWELL.

SECTION I. ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS.

Vice President: JOHN EATON.

Secretary: C. W. SMILEY.

Member of Standing Committee: E. B. ELLIOTT.

Sectional Committee: EDWARD ATKINSON, FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, E. B. ELLIOTT.

Nominating Committee: J. W. CHICKERING, JR.

Sub-committee on Nomination: P. H. DUDLEY, JOHN S. HICKS, THOMAS HAMPSON.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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A lecture by Professor J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York, was given at the Academy of Music, at 8 o'clock. The subject was, The Geological Evolution of the North American Continent, which was illustrated by lantern pictures.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.

The Association met in GENERAL SESSION at 10.30 A. M., PRESIDENT LESLEY in the chair.

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