COMMITTEE ON ROOMS AND PLACES OF MEETING.

Chairman-PROF. GEO. F. BARKER, M. D.,

Secretary.-PROF. EDMUND J. JAMES.

Dr. Harrison Allen, Prof. Geo. F. Barker, Hon. Geo. H. Boker, Mr. Robert R. Corson, Mr. Samuel Dickson, Mr. Simon Gratz, Mr. A. W. Harrison, Dr. Geo. H. Horn, Mr. Sam'l B. Huey, Gen. H. S. Huidekoper, Prof. E. O. Kendall, Mr. B. Andrews Knight, Hon. Wm. H. Lex, Mr. James Macallister, Dr. Geo. I. McLeod, Prof. Edw. H. Magill, Mr. J. E. Mitchell, Mr. Wm. J. Philips, Prof. Geo. I. Riché, Dr. Wm. Thomson, Mr. Henry C. Townsend, Dr. Jas. Tyson, Mr. Jos. M. Wilson, Prof. Edmund J. James, Mr. John Sellers.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND EXCURSIONS.

Chairman.-MR. JOHN C. SIMS, JR.

Secretaries.-MR. GEO. D. KRUMBHAAR, MR. THEO. D. RAND. Mr. John R. Baker, Mr. F. M. Bissell, Mr. A. J. Cassatt, Mr. Thomas Cochran, Prof. E. D. Cope, Mr. Albert Foster, Mr. W. H. Frailey, Prof. F. A. Genth, Mr. F. B. Gowen, Mr. C. A. Griscom, Mr. M. P. Handy, Mr. Geo. Harding, Prof. F. V. Hayden, Prof. Angelo Heilprin, Mr. Rudolph Hering, Rev. Win. Kieran, D. D., Mr. Geo. D. Krumbhaar, Prof. J. P. Lesley, Mr. Enoch Lewis, Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, Prof. Thos. Mee. han, Mr. D. S. Newhall, Mr. Theo. D. Rand, Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Mr. J. C. Sims, Jr., Mr. Frank Thomson, Dr. Wm. Thomson.

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
Chairman.- MR. JOHN WANAMAKER.
Secretary.-MR. ALEXANDER BIDDLE.

Mr. Wharton Barker, Mr. Alex. Biddle, Mr. Wm. Brockie, Mr. Alex. Brown, Mr. A. J. Cassatt, Mr. Jas. L. Claghorn, Mr. Clarence H. Clark, Mr. Hamilton Disston, Mr. Thomas Dolan, Mr. E. H. Fitler, Mr. Philip C. Garrett, Mr. F. B. Gowen, Mr. J. Campbell Harris, Mr. Thos. S. Harrison, Hon. Sam'l G. King, Mr. Edw. C. Knight, Mr. Henry Lewis, Mr. J. B. Lippincott, Mr. John H. Michener, Mr. Moro Phillips, Mr. E. A. Rollins, Mr. Wm. Sellers, Mr. S. R. Shipley, Mr. John Wanamaker, Hon. John Welsh, Mr. Jos. Wharton, Mr. I. V. Williamson, Mr. Richard Wood.

COMMITTEE ON HOTELS, LUNCHEONS AND LODGINGS.
Chairman.-MR. Jos. M. WILSON.
Secretary.-MR. ROHT. R. CORSON.

Prof. Geo. F. Barker, Dr. Roberts Bartholow, Mr. A. Sydney Biddle, Mr. J. C. Brooks, Prof. P. E. Chase, Mr. Robert R. Corson, Mr. Geo. K. Crozer, Mr. John Fernie, Mr. Frederick Graff, Mr. Thomas Hockley, Mr. Wm. W. Justice, Mr. Edw. M. Lewis, Rev. H. C. McCook, D. D., Mr. Merle Middleton, Mr. John T. Morris, Mr. Wm. V. McKean, Mr. Alex. E. Outerbridge, Jr., Mr. John Shallcross, Mr. Aubrey H. Smith, Mr. G. Morrison Taylor, Mr. W. P. Tatham, Mr. Jas. B. Whitney, Mr. Jos. M. Wilson, Dr. Stuart Wood.

COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.
Chairman.-MR. F. H. WILLIAMS.

Secretaries.-DR. EDW. J. NOLAN, PROF. ANGELO HEILPRIN. Mr. John R. Baker, Rev. Dr. Geo. D. Boardman, Mr. Francis A. Cunningham, Col. Frank M. Etting, Mr. M. P. Handy. Mr. W. W. Harding, Hon. J. I. Clark Hare, Prof. Angelo Heilprin, Mr. Rudolph Hering, Mr. Thos. Hockley, Mr. J. B. Lippincott, Prof. Thos. Meehan, Dr. Edw. J. Nolan, Mr. Jos. Pennell, Mr. C. P Perot, Mr. Henry Phillips. Jr., Mr. Lloyd P. Smith, Mr. Frederick D. Stone, Mr. J. C. Strawbridge, Hon. A. W. Tourgee, Dr. Wm. H. Wahl, Hon. John Welsh, Mr. F. H. Williams.

COMMITTEE ON MAILS, TELEGRAMS AND EXPRESS.
Chairman.-GEN. H. S. HUIDEKOPER.
Secretary.-MR. CHAS. A. ASHBURNER,

John S. Alexander, Chas. A. Ashburner, Dr. A. E. Foote, Mr. J. E. Farnum, Prof. A. H. Fetterolf, Prof. Edwin J. Houston, Gen. H. S. Huidekoper, Prof. C. N. Pierce, Mr. Franklin Platt, Dr. Carl Seiler, Mr. Jos. B. Townsend, Mr. W. H. Walmsley, Mr. Edw. H. Wood.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE ASSOCIATION.

1. Permanent Committee on Weights, Measures and Coinage.

F. A. P. BARNARD of New York,
B. A. GOULD of Cambridge,
J. E. HILGARD of Washington,

H.A. NEWTON of New Haven,
E. B. ELLIOTT of Washington,
JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Cambridge,

A. M. MAYER of Hoboken.

2. Committee on Membership.

THE MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE.

3. Committee on the best methods of Science-Teaching in the Public

JOHN EATON of Washington,

R. H. THURSTON of Hoboken,

JAMES MAC ALISTER of Philadelphia,

4.

Schools.

J. BURKITT WEBB of Ithaca,

C. M. WOODWARD of St. Louis,

C. E. BESSEY of Ames.

This committee has power to add to its number.

Committee on the Registration of Deaths, Births, and Marriages.

6.

E. S. HOLDEN of Madison,

SIMON NEWCOMB of Washington,
C. H. F. PETERS of Clinton,

ORMOND STONE of Univ. of Va.,

C. A. YOUNG of Princeton.

Committee to confer with Committees of Foreign Associations for the Advancement of Science with reference to an International

Convention of Scientific Associations.

9. Committee to confer with the United States Geologist in regard to cooperation between the Government and State Geological Surveys.

JAMES HALL of Albany,

T. STERRY HUNT of Montreal,
J. S. NEWBERRY of New York,

N. H. WINCHELL of Minneapolis,

10.

C. H. HITCHCOCK of Hanover,
J. P. LESLEY of Philadelphia,

G. H. COOK of Brunswick,

E. A. SMITH of Tuscaloosa,

JOSEPH LE CONTE of San Francisco.

This Committee has power to add to its number.

Committee on Interchange of Courtesies between the American and
British Associations for the Advancement of Science.

C. A. YOUNG of Princeton,
J. P. LESLEY of Philadelphia,
J. W. DAWSON of Montreal,

T. STERRY HUNT of Montreal,

E. S. MORSE of Salem,

T. C. MENDENHALL of Washington.

F. W. PUTNAM of Cambridge.

11. Committee in relation to Duty on Scientific Books.

13. Committee on the Investigation of Fermentation and its Effects.

ALFRED SPRINGER of Cincinnati,

F. W. CLARKE of Washington,

G. M. STERNBERG of Washington,
H. W. WILEY of Washington,

CLIFFORD RICHARDSON of Washington.

14. Committee on Anatomical Nomenclature, with Special reference to

JOSEPH LEIDY of Philadelphia,

HARRISON ALLEN of Philadelphia,

the Brain.

H. OSBORN of Princeton,
T. B. STOWELL of Cortland,

B. G. WILDER of Ithaca.

15. Committee on the Encouragement of Researches upon the Health and Disease of Plants.

J. C. ARTHUR of Charles City,
W. J. BEAL Of Agricultural College, Mich.
C. E. BESSEY of Ames,

T. J. BURRILL of Champaign,
W. G. FARLOw of Cambridge,
C. H. PECK of Albany,

J. T. ROTHROCK of West Chester.

16. Committee on Physics Teaching.

T. C. MENDENHALL of Washington,
W. A. ANTHONY of Ithaca,

17.

H. S. CARHART of Evanston,
F. H. SMITH of Charlottesville,

JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Cambridge.

Committee to present to the Postmaster General the importance of a change in the postal laws in relation to the transportation of Botanical speci

TREASURER.

MEETINGS AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS.

MEETINGS AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

J. Lawrence Smith,*

Wolcott Gibbs,

B. A. Gould,
John. LeConte

Joseph Lovering,

MEETING.

DATE.

PLACE.

PRESIDENT.

VICE-PRESIDENT. GENERAL SECRETARY. PERMANENT SEC'Y.

Aug. 19, 1851, Albany, N. Y.,
July 28, 1853, Cleveland, Ohio,
April 26, 1854, Washington, D. C.,
Aug. 15, 1855, Providence, R. I.,
Aug. 20, 1856, Albany, N. Y.,

A. D. Bache,*
Louis Agassiz,*
Benjamin Pierce,
J. D. Dana,
John Torrey,*

L. R. Gibbs, 3

E. C. Herrick,*

W. B. Rogers, 5*

S. F. Baird,

W. B. Rogers,

S. F. Baird,

S. St. John, 7

S. F. Baird,

James Hall,

F. W. Putnam,

Dubuque, Iowa,
Aug. 20, 1873, Portland, Me.,
Aug. 12, 1874, Hartford, Conn.,

1. In place of Jeffries Wyman, not present.
2. In place of Joseph Henry, not present.
3. In place of E. C. Herrick, not present.
4. In place of A. L. Elwyn, not present.
5. In place of E. C. Herrick, not present.
6. In place of A. L. Elwyn, not present,

Alexis Caswell,* 10
Stephen Alexander,
Isaac Lea,

F. A. P. Barnard,
J. S. Newberry,
B. A. Gould,

J. Lawrence Smith,
Joseph Lovering,
J. L. LeConte,*

John E. Holbrook,*t W. M. Gillespie,* 11
Edward Hitchcock,* William Chauvenet,
B. A. Gould,
A. A. Gould,* 12
Wolcott Gibbs,
Charles Whittlesey,
O. N. Rood,
T. S. Hunt,

7. In place of J. D. Dana, not present.
8. In place of A. L. Elwyn, not present.
9. In place of J. W. Bailey, deceased.
10. In place of Jeffries Wyman, not present.
11. In place of Wm. Chauvenet, not present.
12. In place of R. W. Gibbes, not present.

Joseph LeConte,
Elias Loomis, 13
C. S. Lyman,
Simon Newcomb, 14
O. C. Marsh,
F. W. Putnam, 17
F. W. Putnam,
E. S. Morse,
C. A. White,

A. C. Hamlin,

Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.†*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.t*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.t*
F. W. Putnam, 15 A. L. Elwyn.*
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.**
Joseph Lovering, W. S. Vaux.*
Joseph Lovering, W. S. Vaux.*

F. W. Putnam,

W. S. Vaux.
W. S. Vaux.t*