PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY 



O F 



NATURAL SCIENCES. 



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Annual Meeting, January 5th, 1863. 



President in the Chair. 



Twelve members present. 



Ferdinand, Freiherr von Richthofen, was elected Corresponding 

 Member. 



The committee on the meteoric iron, presented to the city by 

 General Carleton, reported that permission had been obtained by 

 Professor Whitney to saw a piece from it for analysis, and for dis- 

 tribution to some of the most important collections in this country 

 and in Europe. A piece will be forwarded to Professor Brush, of 

 Yale College, for analysis, and a description of the mass published 

 in the Proceedings of the Academy, as soon as the returns of the 

 analysis have been received. 



The Annual Reports of the officers of the Society for the past 

 year (1862) were received, and the following is an abstract of 

 their contents : 



1 April, 1863. 



1'eo. Cal. Acad., vol. hi. a 



