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Reports for 1871/72-1883/84, 1887/88 (Suppl. II), 1889/90 include: The 

 Geological and natural history survey of Minnesota. ist-i2th, I5th, 

 iSth annual report. N. H. Winchell, State geologist. 



ENGINEERS' SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. 



Publications. 



Yearbook . . . v. 1-15. Minneapolis, 1893-1907. 4. 



Volumes for 1899-1902 incorrectly numbered. Price: 5oc. per vol. 



MINNESOTA SEASIDE STATION. 



Address. Port Renfrew, B. C. Director: Conway Macmillan, University 



of Minnesota. 

 History. Established in 1900 to furnish a base for morphological and 



physiological work upon the plants and animals of the west coast of 



North America. It is not supported by the University of Minnesota, 



but is rather in the nature of a biological club. 



Ref.: Popular science monthly, Jan. 1902. Journal of geography, June 

 1902. Nature, Dec. 18, 1902. 



Publications. 



Postelsia; the year book of the Minnesota seaside station. 1901, 1906. 



St. Paul, Minn., 1902-06. 2 v. 8. 



Results of investigations also pub. in Minnesota botanical studies and 

 elsewhere. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Mississippi Historical Society. 



Address. University, Miss. Secretary: Franklin L. Riley. 



History. Incorporated by legislative act in i89O 6 ; reorganized in Jan. 

 1898, after a period of inactivity extending from Nov. 1893. State 

 appropriations since 1900. The society was instrumental in securing 

 the appointment in 1900 of a State Historical Commission, whose re- 

 port forms v. 5 of the society's Publications, and the establishment in 

 1902, under the auspices of the society, of the Department of Archives 



Established in 1872 and entrusted to the Regents of the University. Publ: 

 ist-24th annual report, 1872-98. St. Paul, [etc.] 1873-99- 8. (ist ed. of ist-2d in 

 Regents' report; 2d editions of ist-3d pub. in 1883, 1884, 1894 respectively.) Bulletin 

 no. i-io. St. Paul, [etc.] 1887-94. 8. (no. 9 is Botanical series 2.) Reports of the 

 survey. Botanical series I-V. Minneapolis, [etc.] 1892-1905. 8. (no. 2, 4 are 

 Minnesota botanical studies, v. I-II.) Zoological series I-IV. Minneapolis, [etc.] 

 1892-1903. 8. The geology of Minnesota (1872-1901.) Final report . . . Minneapolis, 

 [etc.] 1884-1901. 6 v. sq. 4. Quarterly bulletin, 1892-94. 2 v. 4. For miscel- 

 laneous special publications, see Bowker's State publications. 



& An earlier State Historical Society, founded and incorporated in 1858, published 

 only its constitution, act of incorporation, etc., 1859. 



