Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

1. Permanent Committee on Weights, Measures and Coinage.

F. A. P. BARNARD, of New York,
B. A. GOULD, of Boston,

J. E. HILGARD, of Washington,
H. A. NEWTON, of New Haven,

WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston,
J. LAWRENCE SMITH, of Louisville,
E. B. ELLIOTT, of Washington,
JOHN TROWBRIDGE, of Cambridge,

A. M. MAYER, of Hoboken.

2. Committee to Memorialize the Legislature of New York for a New Survey of Niagara Falls.

F. A. P. BARNARD, of New York,

JAMES HALL, of Albany,

G. W. HOLLEY, of Niagara Falls,
J. T. GARDNER, of Albany.

3. Committee on the Relation of Science to the Industrial Arts.

R. H. THURSTON, of Hoboken,

J. M. SAFFORD, of Nashville,

J. T. WILDER, of Chattanooga,
O. CHANUTE, of New York,

J. W. OSBORNE, of Washington.

4. Committee to obtain Permanent Funds for the Association, and to advise with Treasurer and Permanent Secretary on financial matters.

WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston,

J. LAWRENCE SMITH, of Louisville,

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LEWIS H. MORGAN, of Rochester,
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, of Cambridge,

ROBERT II. THURSTON, of Hoboken.

5. Committee on Membership.

J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York, SIMON NEWCOMB, of Washington, WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston,

J. D. DANA, of New Haven,

J. LAWRENCE SMITH, of Louisville, The GENERAL SECRETARY,

The PERMANENT SECRETARY.

Committee on the best methods of Science Teaching in the Public

E. L. YOUMANS, of New York,
A. R. GROTE, of New York,
J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York,

Schools.

J. W. POWELL, of Washington, N. S. SHALER, of Cambridge, N. T. LUPTON, of Nashville.

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

10.

Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Permanent Secretary and
Treasurer.

HENRY WHEATLAND, of Salem,

THOMAS MEEHAN, of Philadelphia.

ASSIST, SEC'Y.

TREASURER.

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

†Professor ROGERS, as chairman of this last meeting, called the first meeting of the new Association to order and presided until it was fully organized by the adoption of a constitution. As he was thus the first presiding officer of the new Association, it was directed at the Hartford meeting that his name be placed at the head of the Past Presidents of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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

Aug. 15, 1855, Providence, R. I.,
Aug. 20, 1856. Albany, N. Y.,
Aug. 12, 1857. Montreal, Canada,
April 28, 1858. Baltimore, Md.,
Aug. 3, 1859, Springfield, Mass.,
Aug. 1, 1830. Newport, R. I.,

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.

John Torrey,*

James Hall,

Alexis Caswell,* 9
Alexis Caswell, 10
Stephen Alexander,
Isaac Lea,

F. A. P. Barnard,
J. S. Newberry,
B. A. Gould,
J. W. Foster,*
T. S. Hunt, 16
Asa Gray,
J. Lawrence Smith,
Joseph Lovering,
J. L. LeConte,

Wolcott Gibbs,

B. A. Gould,

John LeConte,

William Chauvenet,
Joseph LeConte,
Elias Loomis, 13
C. S. Lyman,

Joseph Lovering,

A. L. Elwyn.

J. L. LeConte. 8

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.f
Joseph Lovering, A. L. Elwyn.t

Simon Newcomb, 14 Joseph Lovering, A. I.. Elwyn.t

Alexis Caswell,
John E. Holbrook,*t W. M. Gillespie,* 11
Edward Hitchcock,
B. A. Gould,
A. A. Gould,* 12
Wolcott Gibbs,
Charles Whittlesey,
O. N. Rood,
T. S. Hunt,
G. F. Barker,
Alex. Winchell,
A. H. Worthen.f
C. S. Lyman,

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.