Members of the Committee at large.

Hon. PHILIP BECKER, Mayor of the City of Buffalo,

Hon. A. S. BEMIS, President of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo. E. C. Sprague, John B. Greene, E. S. Hawley, O. H. Marshall, Hon. E. G. Spaulding, Prof. George Hadley, M.D., Joseph Warren, James N. Matthews, David Gray, James O. Putnam, Rev. A. T. Chester, D.D., Dennis Bowen, Wm. H. Greene, Hon. James M. Smith, Hon. James Sheldon, Wm. C. Bryant, F. Sidway, Dr. George E. Hayes, Henry Chandler, Henry S. Sprague, Leon F. Harvey, M.D., Frank Hollister, David F. Day, William Thurston, H. M. Kent, Dexter P. Rumsey, S. S. Guthrie, George Howard, S. K. Worthington, A. Altman, Walter T. Wilson, Cyrus P. Lee, William H. Pitt, H. M. Clay, Chas. D. Marshall, Ottomar Reinecke, Dr. M. B. Folwell, Henry Ware Sprague, Sheldon T. Viele, Everard D. Palmer, Joseph Churchyard.

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SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

A. COMMITTEES CONTINUED FROM FORMER MEETINGS.

1. Permanent Committee on Weights, Measures and Coinage.

F. A. P. BARNARD, of New York,
WOLCOTT GIBBS, of Cambridge,
B. A. GOULD, of Boston,
JOSEPHI HENRY, of Washington,
J. E. HILGARD, of Washington,

JOHN LECONTE, of Oakland, Cal.,

H. A. NEWTON, of New Haven,
BENJAMIN PEIRCE, of Cambridge,
WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston,
J. LAWRENCE SMITH, of Louisville,
E. B. ELLIOTT, of Washington.

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,

CHARLES P. DALY, of New York,

G. W. HOLLEY, of Niagara Falls.

3. Committee to Memorialize Congress and State Legislatures regarding

the Cultivation of Timber, and the Preservation of Forests.

WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston; JAMES HALL, of Albany; J. W. DAWSON, of Montreal; J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York; T. STERRY HUNT, of Boston; C. H. HITCHCOCK, of Hanover; RAPHAEL PUMPELLY, of Owego; in connection with Dr. OTTO TORRELL, of Stockholm; Dr. E. H. VON BAUMHAUER, of Haarlem; Prof. T. H. HUXLEY, of London.

Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Permanent Secretary and

HENRY WHEATLAND, of Salem, (x)

Treasurer.

S. H. SCUDDER, of Cambridge.

ELECTED FOR

THE NASHVILLE MEETING.

PRESIDENT.

SIMON NEWCOMB, of Washington.

VICE PRESIDENT, Section A.
EDWARD C. PICKERING, of Cambridge.

VICE PRESIDENT, Section B.
O. C. MARSH, of New HAVEN.

CHAIRMAN OF PERMANENT SUBSECTION OF CHEMISTRY.
N. T. LUPTON, of Nashville.

CHAIRMAN OF PERMANENT SUBSECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
DANIEL WILSON, of Toronto.

CHAIRMAN OF PERMANENT SUBSECTION OF MICROSCOPY.
R. H. WARD, of Troy.

PERMANENT SECRETARY.

F. W. PUTNAM, of Cambridge.

GENERAL SECRETARY.
AUGUSTUS R. GROTE, of Buffalo.

SECRETARY OF SECTION A.
H. CARRINGTON BOLTON, of New York.

SECRETARY OF SECTION B.
WILLIAM H. DALL, of Washington.
TREASURER.

WILLIAM S. VAUX, of Philadelphia.

STANDING COMMITTEE.

Past Presidents.-JOSEPH HENRY, of Washington; BENJAMIN PEIRCE, of Cambridge; JAMES D. DANA, of New Haven; JAMES HALL, of Albany; STEPHEN ALEXANDER, of Princeton; ISAAC LEA, of Philadelphia; F. A. P. BARNARD, of New York; J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York; B. A. GOULD, of Boston; T. STERRY HUNT, of Boston; ASA GRAY, of Cambridge; J. LAWRENCE SMITH, of Louisville; JOSEPH LOVERING, of Cambridge; JOHN L. LECONTE, of Philadelphia; J. E. HILGARD, of Washington.

Officers of the Preceding Meeting.—WILLIAM B. ROGERS, of Boston; CHARLES A. YOUNG, of Hanover; EDWARD S. MORSE, of Salem; THOMAS C. MENDENHALL, of Columbus; ARTHUR W. WRIGHT, of New Haven; ALBERT H. TUTTLE, of Columbus.

The President, Vice Presidents, From the Association at large. day of the meeting.)

Secretaries and Treasurer of the Meeting.
(Six Fellows to be elected on the first

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FOR THE

NASHVILLE MEETING.

Chairman:- His Excellency JAMES D. PORTER.

Treasurer:- Hon. MARSH T. POLK.

Secretary:-Dr. J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY.

SUBCOMMITTEES.

Reception:-N. T. LUPTON, Chairman; T. A. Kercheval, Mayor; S. D. Morgan, J. M. Lea, T. A. Atchison, W. A. Cheatham, G. P. Thruston, W. H. Morgan, W. K. Bowling, John Overton, T. O. Summers, sr., L. C. Garland, Jacob McGavock, J. D. Plunket, D. C. Kelley, W. F. Cooper, Wm. Nichol, T. A. Hoyt, Eben S. Stearns, F. B. Fogg, D. W. Phillips, K. J. Morris, R. H. Gardner, T. G. Jones, John Braden, J. D. Phelan, W. L. Broun, A. J. Baird, John Trimble, Wm. Graham, T. C. Wright, F. D. Moore, Fred Shepherd, J. S. Young, R. A. Young, N. S. Brown, Paul F. Eve, W. E. Ward, J. R. Buist, W. T. Berry, J. A. Pigue, W. B. Bate, Wm. Morrow, W. H. Jackson, W. G. Harding.

Railroads :-E. W. COLE, Chairman; E. B. Stahlman, R. G. Butler, James Geddes, Jas. H. Collins, M. B. Toney.

Finance:-JAMES WHITWORTH, Chairman; M. Burns, John Kirkman, Thos. O'Connor, J. W. Allen, Samuel Prichitt, William H. Evans, J. M. Hamilton, B. F. Wilson, Dempsey Weaver, Charles E. Hillman, L. H. Lanier, John P. McGuire, Max Sax, John C. Gordon, H. H. McAlister, A. J. McWhirter.

Rooms:-W. R. HAMBY, Chairman; J. B. Killebrew, Jas. L. Gaines, Chas. N. Gibbs, Leon Trousdale, Jas. Glover.

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Excursions: ·J. M. Safford, Chairman; D. H. McGavock, J. H. Callender, J. W. Yeatman, A. S. Colyar, Thos. Claiborne, H. S. Bennett, J. H. Eakin, A. Gattinger, R. C. Foster, Robert Ewing, W. P. Jones, J. W. Hoyte, John F. Wheless, V. L. Kirkman, M. B. Howell, C. S. Briggs, J. S. Barrow, T. M. Steger.

Entertainments:-THOMAS D. FITE, Chairman; Felix J. Demoville, A. G. Adams, Frank W. Green, H. B. Buckner, F. Furman, Edgar Jones, Wm. Porter, Geo. O'Bryan, John P. White, James W. Manier.

Printing:-ALbert Roberts, Chairman; W. E. Eastman, J. W. Hunter, J. C. Burch, Anson Nelson, J. O. Griffith, John Frizzell.

Telegraph and Mail:-G. W. TRABUE, Chairman; J. S. Carels, A. C. Ford.

Microscopes :-T. O. SUMMERS, jr., Chairman; G. S. Blackie, Alex. Winchell.

ASSIST. SEC'Y.

TREASURER.

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