118 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Thomas Guerin spoke of the cost and weight of conduit pipe, 

 and suggested, that, as there was so much difference of opinion 

 among inquirers with reference to the subject, a discussion would 

 be serviceable at a future meeting. 



The appointment, by the Council, of Dr. A. B. Stout as Cor- 

 responding Secretary for the unexpired term of Theodore A. 

 Blake (resigned) was announced. 



Regular Meeting, October 2d, 1876. 



Vice-President Hyde in the Chair. 



The Chairman stated that a communication had been received 

 from the Society of California Pioneers, inviting the Academy to 

 attend the funeral of James Lick. 



The following gentlemen were appointed pall-bearers on be- 

 half of the Academy: Henry Edwards, Henry C. Hyde, Charles 

 Gr. Yale, C. D. Gibbes, C. Troyer and S P. Christy. 



Mr. R. E. C. Stearns addressed the Academy as follows: 



Members of the Academy: It is customary, in societies like 

 this, upon the death of a member, to formally announce the fact 

 and to record the same in the proceedings. 



In pursuance of this formality, it has been assigned to me to 

 tell you what you have already heard, and what half the world 

 has already learned through the telegraph and the printing press, 

 that James Lick, our friend and benefactor, has passed away. 

 He died peacefully at one o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, 

 October 1st, at the advanced age of eighty years. 



It is eminently proper that we should speak in praiseful lan- 

 guage of the dead, for, aside from a general feeling of gratitude 

 for his munificent benefactions, which would justify our eulogy, 

 he was one of the earliest members of the Academy, and always 



