The  Committee  on  the  Aztec  MSS.  reported  progress,  and
was  continued.
The  Committee  on  the  International  Language  reported
progress  and  was  continued,  and,  on  motion,  Mr.  Horatio  Hale
was  requested  to  prepare  a  historical  digest  of  schemes  for  a
universal  language  to  be  printed  and  distributed  by  the  Society
in  advance  of  the  meeting  of  the  Congress  it  proposes  to
convene.
The  death  of  Prof.  Josef  von 'Lenhossek  (Budapest,  Decem-
ber 2,  1888,  8et.  71)  was  announced.
-1 '  v  [Jan.  4, 1889.
The  judges  and  clerks  of  the  election  reported  the  following
gentlemen  as  having  been  elected  :

'President.
Frederick  Fraley.
Vice-  Presidents.
E.  Otis  Kendall,     W.  S.  W.  Ruscheriberger,     J.P.Lesley.
Secretaries.
George  F.  Barker,      Daniel  Gf.  Brinton,      Henry  Phillips,  Jr.,
George  H.  Horn.
Counsellors  (for  three  years).
Richard  Wood,        William  V.  McKean,  Isaac  C.  Martindale.
Richard  Yaux.
Counsellor  for  two  years  in  place  of  Dr.  J.    Cheston  Morris,

resigned.
Samuel  Wagner.
Curators.
John  R.  Baker,     Patterson  DuBois,     J.  Cheston  Morris.
1    Treasurer.
J.  Sergeant  Price.
Mr.  Henry  Phillips,  Jr.,  was  renominated  for  Librarian  for
the  ensuing  year,  and,  on  motion,  the  nominations  were  closed.
Prof.  Cope  presented  a  paper  for  the  Transactions  on  "The
Mechanical  Causes  of  the  Character  of  the  Hard  Parts  of  the
Mammalia,"  which  was,  on  motion,  referred  to  a  committee  of
three  (to  be  appointed  by  the  President)  to  examine.  The
President  subsequently  appointed  as  such  committee,  Drs.
Joseph  Leidy,  Harrison  Allen,  and  Horace  Jayne.
The  Committee  on  Finance  reported  the  annual  appropria-
tions, which  were  adopted.
