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St. Petcrsbourg, Tome IX, Feuilles 1-36. Meinoires cle l'Acadeinie 

 Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, Tome IX, (complete) 

 X, 1. Sur l'Etat de 1' Atmosphere a Bruxelles, pendant l'Annee 

 1865, par M. Ernest Quetelet. Geographical Catalogue of the 

 Mollusca found west of the Rocky Mountains, prepared for the 

 State Geological Survey, by J. G. Cooper, M.D. Burton's City 

 of the Saints, presented by Gregory Yale, Esq. 



Mr. Stearns read a paper entitled " Ancient Mining on Lake 

 Superior," which reading was followed by a discussion on that sub- 

 ject, in which Dr. Cooper, Mr. Yale, Mr. Stearns and Mr. White 

 took part. 



Mr. Bolander exhibited a portion of a branch of Pinus tubercu- 

 lata, and commented on the fact that two whorls of cones had been 

 formed in last year's growth. Drs. Behr, Kellogg and Gibbons 

 discussed various questions suggested by Mr. Bolander's remarks. 



Regular Meeting, June 3d, 1867. 

 Vice President Stearns in the Chair. 



Twenty-five members present. 



Messrs. Tryon Reakirt, of Philadelphia, and Lorenzo G. Yates, 

 of Alameda County, were elected Corresponding Members ; and 

 Messrs. G. H. Mumford and A. S. Gould, Resident Members. 



Donations to the Cabinet : A Horned Frog, by G. Yale, Esq. ; 

 Specimen of Cladophorus from Fort Point, by Dr. Stivers ; Section 

 of the bark of Sequoia semper virens, by Dr. W. P. Gibbons. 



Mr. Stearns announced the death of M. Auguste Remond, a 

 member of the Academy, and formerly of the State Geological 

 Survey. 



Mr. Bosqui presented a communication from Mr. L. G. Yates, 

 in regard to the remains of an elephant found near Mission San 

 Jose. 



Dr. W. P. Gibbons read a communication on the remains of a 

 redwood forest in the Coast Range east of San Francisco. The 

 subject of this paper was discussed by several of the members 

 present. 



