which he has already contributed liberally, receives one hundred thousand dollars; the Yerkes Galleries and the Yerkes Hospital are to be established in New York City on the death. of his widow, or sooner, should she wish.

The Late Astronomer Royal of Ireland.-Mr. CHARLES J. JOLY died at Dunsink Observatory, Dublin, on the 4th of January last, He was educated at Galway, and in 1882 entered Dublin University, where he had an academic career of the highest distinction. In 1886 he took the mathematical studentship and first place in science among the men of his year. Eight years later he was elected a Fellow of Trinity College, and identified himself closely with the advanced scientific teaching of that institution. In 1897 he succeeded Mr. A. RAMBAUT as the Astronomer Royal of Ireland. This post is attached to the Andrews Professorship of Astronomy, which was founded at Dublin University in 1783. The tenant of both offices resides at Dunsink Observatory, which is five miles outside Dublin, and is used both for independent observation and as the university school for the teaching of astronomy. Mr. JOLY was efficient both as a student and as a teacher of that science, and he maintained the high reputation of his chair, which has given to England in the past Sir ROBERT BALL, Mr. RAMBAUT, and other eminent scientists. He was a member of the Royal Society and of other learned associations. He was forty-one years of age.-Extract from the Times.

New Astronomer Royal for Scotland.—Mr. F. W. DYSON, F. R. S., Chief Assistant, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, has been appointed Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and also Professor of Practical Astronomy, Edinburgh University. Mr. DYSON studied at Cambridge, and was second wrangler and Smith's prizeman in 1889, and also Isaac Newton student. He is Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, and has published contributions on mathematical and astronomical subjects. Extract from the Times.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HELD IN THE STUDENTS' OBSERVATORY, BERKELEY,

JANUARY 27, 1906, AT IO P. M.

President TOWNLEY presided. A quorum was present. The minutes of the last meeting were approved

ELECTION.

Miss MARY G. McCOMAS, 1001 Leavenworth Street, S. F., Cal., was elected to membership.

It was, upon motion,

Resolved, That No. 106 of the Publications be printed in an edition of 1250 copies. Resolved, That the Astrophysical Observatory and the Astronomical Observatory, both of Heidelberg, Germany, be placed upon the list of corresponding institutions.

WILLIAM ALVORD FUND.

The Treasurer reported that the $5,000 bequeathed to the Society by the late Mr. ALVORD were received on December 20, 1905, and that, by order of the Finance Committee, the money was placed on deposit with the following savings banks :

$2,500 with the Humboldt Savings and Loan Society,

$2,500

Savings and Loan Society.

The following resolutions were adopted :

Resolved, That the bequest to the Society, by the late Mr. WILLIAM ALVORD, of $5,000 be placed in a separate fund, to be known as the WILLIAM ALVORD FUND of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; and

Resolved, That the income from the William Alvord Fund be devoted to specific purposes; and that it shall become available only through a resolution duly adopted at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the income for the fiscal year 1906-1907 be devoted to the Publications of the Society, and that an acknowledgment to the Alvord Fund be printed in the Publications.

Resolved, That the Finance Committee be empowered to invest the funds of the William Alvord Fund, upon the consent of the President, in such first-class bonds as they may deem advisable..

The proposed amendment to Article IX of the By-Laws was referred back to the Committee for further consideration.

Adjourned.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC, HELD IN THE STUDENTS' OBSERVATORY, BERKELEY, JANUARY 27, 1906, at 8 p. M.

The meeting was called to order by President TOWNLEY.

The following papers were presented :—

Lecture by Mrs. ISAAC ROBERTS: "An Astronomer of Bygone Days and an Astronomer of Our Own Time."

The Lick Observatory-Crocker Eclipse Expedition to Spain, by Prof. W. W. CAMPBELL and C. D. PERRINE.

The Lick Observatory-Crocker Eclipse Expedition to Egypt, by Prof. W. J. HUSSEY.

Shadow-Bands at Total Solar Eclipses, by M. Roso de Luna.

Variable Star Notes, by Miss ROSE O'HALLORAN.

Planetary Phenomena for March and April, 1906, by Prof. M. MCNEILL.

The Chairman then introduced the lecturer of the evening, Mrs. ISAAC ROBERTS, who read her paper on "An Astronomer of Bygone Days (TYCHO BRAHE) and an Astronomer of Our Own Time (ISAAC ROBERTS)," and showed a number of stellar photographs taken at the Starfield Observatory.

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 31st, was appointed as follows: Messrs. O. VON GELDERN (Chairman), R. T. CRAWFORD, J. D. GALLOWAY, J. K. Moffitt, C. D. PERRINE.

A committee to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and to report at the annual meeting in March, was appointed as follows: Messrs. C. S. CUSHING (Chairman), A. H. BABCOCK, FREMONT Morse.

Adjourned.

Board of Directors-Messrs AITKEN, BABCOCK, BURCKHALTER, CAMPBELL, CROCKER,
CUSHING, HALE, LEUSCHNER, PARDEE, TOWNLEY, ZIEL.

Finance Committee-Messrs. CUSHING, LEUSCHNER, WM. H. CROCKER.
Committee on Publication-Messrs AITKEN, TOWNLEY, NEWKIRK.

Library Committee-Mr. CRAWFORD, Miss O'HALLORAN, Miss HOBE.

Committee on the Comet-Medal-Messrs. CAMPBELL (ex-officio), BURCKHALTER, CROCKER.

NOTICE.

The attention of new members is called to Article VIII of the By-Laws, which provides that the annual subscription, paid on election, covers the calendar year only. Subsequent annual payments are due on January 1st of each succeeding calendar year. This rule is necessary in order to make our book keeping as simple as possible. Dues sent by mail should be directed to Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 819 Market Street, San Francisco. It is intended that each member of the Society shall receive a copy of each one of the Publications for the year in which he was elected to membership and for all subsequent. years. If there have been (unfortunately) any omissions in this matter, it is requested that the Secretaries be at once notified, in order that the missing numbers may be supplied. Members are requested to preserve the copies of the Publications of the Society as sent to them. Once each year a title-page and contents of the preceding numbers will also be sent to the members, who can then bind the numbers together into a volume. Complete volumes for past years will also be supplied, to members only, so far as the stock in hand is sufficient, on the pa ment of two dollars per volume to either of the Secretaries. Any non-resident member within the United States can obtain books from the Society's library by sending his library card with ten cents in stamps to the Secretary A. S. P., 819 Market Street, San Francisco, who will return the book and the card.

The Committee on Publication desires to say that the order in which papers are printed in the Publications is decided simply by convenience. In a general way, those papers are printed first which are earliest accepted for publication. Papers intended to be printed in a given number of the Publications should be in the hands of the Committee not later than the 20th of the month preceding date of publication. It is not possible to send proof sheets of papers to be printed to authors whose residence is not within the United States. The responsibility for the views expressed in the papers printed, and for the form of their expression, rests with the writers, and is not assumed by the Society itself.

The titles of papers for reading should be communicated to either of the Secretaries as early as possible, as well as any changes in addresses. The Secretary in San Francisco will send to any member of the Society suitable stationery, stamped with the seal of the Society, at cost price, as follows: a block of letter paper, 40 cents; of note paper, 25 cents; a package of envelopes, 25 cents. These prices include postage, and should be remitted by money order or in U. S. postage stamps. The sendings are at the risk of the member.

1 hose members who propose to attend the meetings at Mount Hamilton during the summer should communicate with "The Secretary Astronomical Society of the Pacific at the rooms of the Society, 819 Market Street, San Francisco, in order that arrangements may be made for transportation, lodging, etc.