132 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



Official proceedings . . . v. I-XI, Jan. i893-Nov. 1905. [Buffalo, 1893- 

 97; New York, 1898-1905]. 12 and 8. 



1893-97 have title Proceedings . . . ; vol. numbering begins with May 1898 



(v. 4, no. 3). 



Price: $i per annum (5 nos.) ; single numbers, 250. 

 Distribution. Exchange with similar clubs. On sale at the Secretary's office. 



Engineers' Society of Western New York. 



Address. 533 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. 



History. Organized Nov. 1894; incorporated 1895. Member of the 

 Association of Engineering Societies since Jan. 1898. Maintains a 

 library. 



Object. Professional improvement of its members, and the advancement of engi- 

 neering knowledge and practice in its several branches. 



Meetings. Annual meeting, ist Tuesday of Dec.; other meetings as called. 



Membership. 45 (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $7.50). 



Publications. 



Transactions . . . v. I, no. 1-8. Buffalo, 1895-97. 8. 

 Papers and proceedings since 1897 published in the Journal of the As- 

 sociation of engineering societies (q. v.). 



CALIFORNIA. 



California Academy of Sciences. 



Address. San Francisco, Cal. Director of the Museum: Leverett Mills 

 Loomis. 



History. Organized May 16, 1853, as California Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. Present name adopted in 1868. Incorporated Jan. 16, 1871. 

 Maintains a library and a museum divided into the following depart- 

 ments : entomology, botany, ornithology, herpetology, anthropology and 

 invertebrate paleontology. 



Object. Scientific research and popular instruction. 



Meetings. On ist and 3d Monday of each month in the Academy building, at 8 



p. m. Annual meeting, ist Monday in Jan. 

 Membership. no resident (entrance fee, $5; quarterly dues, $1.50) ; 94 life ($100) ; 



40 honorary (limited to 50). 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS . . . v. I-VII, pt. i, 1854/57-76. San Francisco, 1854/58- 

 77. 8. 



v. i in two parts, reprinted from a newspaper, "The Pacific," published in San 

 Francisco, the type being rearranged in double column pages, v. i, 2d 

 ed. 1873, differs in size and type, but has no changes in the text (Cf. 

 Preface to 2d ed). 



