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PROCEEDINGS OP THE CALIFORNIA 



PRESIDENT. 



Dr. J. BLAKE. 



VICE PRESIDENT. 



Dr. a. KELLOGG. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 



LEO ELOESSER. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 



H. P. CARLTON. 



TREASURER. 



ELISHA BROOKS. 



LIBRARIAN. 



Dr. J. G. COOPER. 



DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM. 



H. G. BLOOMER. 



A discussion on the subject of earthquakes occupied the rest of 



the evening. 



Regular Meeting, January 17th, 1870. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty-five members present. 



Mr. J. C. Brevoort of Long Island, N. Y., was elected a corres- 

 ponding member. Mr. Donald Bruce was elected a resident member. 



Donations to the Museum : Fishes and Crustaceans bj Mr. 

 Harford from Ounalaska Island. A specimen of Buccinum ceru- 

 leum from Plover Bay, Kamtschatka, by Dr. Cooper. A model 

 of a mining shaft in Ballarat, Australia, representing the formations 

 found to a depth of 200 feet, by Mr. Bloomer. 



The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant from Mexico was exhibited 

 by Dr. E. Palmer, of the U. S. Agricultural Bureau, who stated 

 that it germinates on the surface of the ground, and was eatable. 



Donations to the Library : Books from Australia, through Dr. E. 

 Miiller, being duplicates of the proceedings of Societies, etc., re- 

 ceived from there last year. Fragmenta Phytographite Australii» 

 Nos. 44 and 45, pam. 8vo. by Dr. E. Miiller from the author. 



Prof. Whitney concluded his account of the exploration of South 

 Park, Colorado, and read a letter fi'om Baron llichthofen, giving 

 further notes of his geological surveys in China. 



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