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Prof. Whitney referred to the elaborate and delicate processes of 

 analysis now used in Europe, which sometimes consume months, and 

 stated that analysis of California waters is very desirable. 



Regular Meeting, May 2d, 1870. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty members present. 



Donations to the Cabinet : Specimens of gold-bearing quartz 

 from the San Diego mines, from Hayden Brothers, through G. 

 Yale. Section of the trunk of the Lemon Verbena tree, (^Aloysia 

 citrodora) showing its luxuriance in this climate, the diameter being 

 seven inches, half a foot from the ground. Human bones, and an 

 Indian implement, shaped like a plummet, from an Indian mound 

 at the end of the Bay View Railroad, presented by Dr. Gibbons ; 

 the former showed indications of disease, apparently from a com- 

 pound fracture. A living scorpion from Gilroy, by Dr. S. R. 

 Harris, through Dr Gibbons. 



Donations to the Library. The following were received through 

 the Smithsonian Institution : 



Das Kais. Kon. Montanistisclie Museum, W. von Haidiuger, Vienna, 18G9, 

 1 V. 8vo.; 35th Jaliresbericlit Mannheimer Vereins fur Naturkuude, 1869, patn. 

 Svo.; Zeits. der Deutsch. Geo). Gcsellscb. Band XX., Berlin, 1869,1 v. 8vo.; 

 Abhaudl. der Naturforscb. Geseli. zu Halle, 11th vol. 1869, 1 v. 4to.; Sitz- 

 ungsber. der Kais. Akad. der Wissen. zu Wien, 1868-9, 12 pts. 8vo.; Gedacht- 

 srede auf Alex, von Nordniann, Dr. Hjelt, Helsingfors, 1868, pam. 8vo.; 

 Verhandl. der K. K. Geo). Reichsanstalt, No. 10, 1869, Vienna, 1 pam. Svo.; 

 Jahrbuch, 1869, 1 pam. 8vo.; Zeeusch Genoots. der AVetenschappen, Apr. 

 1869, 1 V. Svo.; Het Papier, etc., door J. H. de Stoppelaar, Middelburg, 1869, 

 1 V. Svo.; De Ongezongheid von Zeeland, Dr. A. Kokker, Midd., 1869, pam. 

 8vo.; Twee Rekningser der Stadt Hulst, F. Caland, Midd., 1869, pam. Svo.; 

 Nogeene Verordening of bet Delveu, etc., in Zeeland, pam. Svo.; Pbilippus en 

 Petrus, Dr. Fokker, Landsbergen, pam. Svo. Jaarboek, 1868, Process- A^erbal, 

 1868-9, and Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Kon. Akad. der Wetenscbap., 2d 

 Ser. vol. III., 1869, Svo., Amsterdam ; Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, Artis 

 Magistra Naturae te Amsterdam, 1869, 1 v. 4to. Norges Officielle Statistik, 

 5 vols. 4to., 1866-9 ; Anatomisk Beskrivelse Burste mucosae, etc., A. L. D. 

 Pkoc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV.— 9 Apr. 18T1. 



