Lick Observatory, December 10, 1896. To Harvard College Observatory and Students' Observatory: } (Sent 8:48 P.M.) Comet PERRINE was observed by PERRINE, December 10 14 8 58 G. M. T.; R. A. 1 4 51.9, Decl. +5° 40′ 46′′. m Lick Observatory, December 11, 1896. To Harvard College Observatory: (Sent IO A.M.) Elements and ephemeris of Comet g were computed by HUSSEY and PERRINE. T= Nov. 25.67, w= 164° 36', 8= 243° 49′, i 16° 26', q= 1.1540. = (Ephemeris is omitted here.) ASTRONOMICAL TELEGRAMS. To Lick Observatory: (Dated) BOSTON, Jan. 11, 1897. LOWELL announces rift in Martian north polar cap since January 7. Longitude, forty degrees. TELEGRAM. JOHN RITCHIE, Jr. (Dated) Lick Observatory, Jan. 15, 1897. To Harvard College Observatory: (Sent 1o o A. M.) HUSSEY and PERRINE find Comet g periodic. Period and elements, except omega, which differs sixty degrees, closely resemble BIELA. TELEGRAM (Translation). (Dated) CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Jan. 15, 1897. To E. S. HOLDEN: (Received Jan. 15, 1897, 3:55 P. M.) Please telegraph best elements and ephemeris available of Comet g. Journal issue awaiting them. SETH C. CHANDLER. The information requested above was supplied in a telegram. sent 8:50 P. M., January 15, 1897. (See elements on another page, the ephemeris being omitted.) MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HELD IN THE ROOMS OF THE SOCIETY, JANUARY 30, 1897, AT 7:30 P. M. President HUSSEY presided. A quorum was present. The minutes of the last meeting were approved. The following members were duly elected: LIST OF MEMBERS ELECTED JANUARY 30, 1897. The following resolutions were, on motion, adopted: Resolved, That the Directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific return the thanks of the Society to Dr. A. BLAIR THAW for his acceptable gift of the frontispiece to Volume IX of the Publications. WHEREAS, There are at Mt. Hamilton, in the custody of the Secretary, and belonging to the Society, sundry articles of bedding, etc., which, not being used, are deteriorating with age; be it therefore Resolved, That the Secretary at Mt. Hamilton is hereby authorized to dispose of the said articles for the benefit of the Society. WHEREAS, The Society possesses a considerable number of valuable books and periodicals that are still unbound; and WHEREAS, A Considerable portion of the income from the ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY Library Fund remains unexpended; be it therefore Resolved, That the unexpended portion of the accrued interest from this Fund be expended (1) For bindings for valuable unbound books and periodicals already in the possession of the Society; and then, if any portion of this income remains unexpended, (2) For the purchase of additional astronomical books and periodicals; and be it further Resolved, That the President and Library Committee be authorized to carry these provisions into effect. Adjourned. MINUTES OF THE MEETIng of the ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY The meeting was called to order by President HUSSEY. The minutes of the last meeting were approved. The Secretary read the names of new members duly elected at the Directors' meeting. A committee to nominate a list of eleven Directors and Committee on Publication, to be voted for at the annual meeting, to be held on March 27th, was appointed, as follows: Messrs. ARTHUR RODGERS (Chairman), JOHN DOLBEER, A. CALLANDREAU, GEO. W. PERCY, and W. H. HAMMON. A committee to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and to report at the annual meeting, was appointed, as follows: Messrs. Von Geldern (Chairman), MCCONNELL, and JAMES R. KELLY. I. 2. The following papers were presented: Recent developments in Astronomical Photography, illustrated by lantern slides, by Mr. CHAS. B. HILL. Some notes on the next Total Solar Eclipse, with lantern-slide illusstrations, by Mr. CHAS. BURCKHALTER. 3. Planetary Phenomena for March and April, 1897, by Professor M. MCNEILL, of Lake Forest. 4. List of Earthquakes in California, 1896, by Mr. C. D. PERRINE, of Mount Hamilton. 5. Some Luminous Appearances in the Sky, by Mr. W. H. S. MONCK, of Dublin. Mr. HILL read a paper on the recent developments in Astronomical Photography, illustrated by sixty lantern slides made at the Lick Observatory and elsewhere; the photographs exhibited were so selected as to illustrate the results obtained up to the present time in all the different branches of celestial photography. Mr. BURCKHALTER showed a map of the path of the next total solar eclipse in India, and gave some general information as to the route and cost of travel to India, and the probable condition of the weather at the time of the eclipse. Adjourned. Board of Directors-Messrs. EDWARDS, HOLDEN, HUSSEY, MOLERA, Miss O'HALLORAN, Messrs. PARDEE, PERRINE, PIERSON, STRINGHAM, VON GELDERN, ZIEL. Finance Committee-Messrs. 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