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New Jersey State Museum. 



Address. Trenton, N. J. Curator: S. R. Morse. 



History. Established by act of the State legislature, approved Mar. 20, 

 1895, having its origin in the collections made by the State for the 

 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. 

 Publications. 



ANNUAL REPORT . . . 1901-1906. Trenton, N. J., [i9O2]-o7- 6 v. 8. 

 Also issued in New Jersey Legislative documents. 

 The fishes of New Jersey, by H. W. Fowler, [and] Supplement: in 1905. 



P- 35-477 and 1906, p. 251-384. 

 The amphibians and reptiles of New Jersey, by H. W. Fowler: in 1906, 



p. 23-250. 

 Distribution. By the Curator. 



Oregon State Academy of Sciences. 



Address. Secretary: G. E. Coghill, Pacific University. 

 History. Organized Feb. 1905. 



Reports of the meetings printed in Science. 



Oriental Society of the Western Theological Seminary. 



Address. 1113 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, 111. Curator: Rev. Olaf 



A. Toffteen. 



History. Founded Oct. 15, 1906. 



Object. To promote research work in the Old Testament and related subjects. 

 Meetings. 2d Tuesday of Oct., Jan. and May. 

 Membership. 70 (annual dues, $5). 



Publications. 



Researches in Biblical archaeology [v. i]. Chicago, 1907. 8. 

 i vol. a year to be issued, 

 v. i has special t.-p. Ancient chronology, pt. i ; by Olaf A. Toffteen. (Series 



note on half-title.) 

 Distribution. Free to members ; on sale by the University of Chicago Press. 



Seismological Society of America. 



Address. Secretary: Geo. D. Louderback, University of California, 

 Berkeley, Cal. 



History. Incorporated under the laws of California, Feb. 13, 1907. 



Object. To collect accurate information concerning the mode of action and effects 

 of earthquakes, to establish and train a corps of reliable observers throughout the 

 country, to disseminate the truth among the people, to inform them of the 

 methods devised in various countries to protect life and property, to supplant 

 any element of terror or helplessness which results from imperfect knowledge by 

 an interest in natural phenomena and a sense of security resulting from familiarity 

 with the facts and the taking of reasonable precautions. 



Membership. Annual dues, $2; life membership, $25. 



Publications. The society hopes in the near future to establish a regular series of 

 publications. 



