54 proceedings op the california 



Regular Meeting, June Ttii, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Donations to the Library : Observations on the Genus Unio, Vol. 

 XII, by I. Lea, LL.D., Philad., 1868, 1 vol. 4to. ; Descriptions of 

 New Cypreas, by S. R. Roberts, Philad., 1869, pam., 8vo. ; Re- 

 port of the 6th Industrial Exhib. of the Mechanics' Inst, of San 

 Francisco, held 1868, pam., 8vo. ; Astron. and Meteor. Observ. of 

 U. S. Naval Observatory, Wash., 1866, 1 vol., 4to. ; from the 

 authors and publishers. Tillaeg til Aarbogen for Nordisk old- 

 krydighed og Historic, Kjob., 1867, 1 vol., 8vo. ; Antiq. Tijdskrift 

 udgivet af det Kongel. Nordiske Odskrift selskab, Kjob., 1861-3, 

 1 vol., 8vo. ; Om Bygningsmaden af Oldtidens Jaetlestner, af 

 King Fred. VII, til Danemark, Kjob., 1862, 1 vol., 8vo-. ; another 

 copy in German ; Memoirs de la Soc. Roy. des Antiquaires du Nord, 

 1850-60, Copenhagen, 1861, 1 vol., 8vo., (part English) ; Reise 

 der Fregatte Novara, Anthroprologischer Theil, 1 vol., 4to., D. A. 

 Weisbach ; Commerciele Theil, 2 vol., 4to., Linguistische, Theil, 1 

 vol., 4to., Wien, 1864-5, through F. Mueller of Victoria, Aus- 

 tralia. 



Donations to the Cabinet: Fossil corals, etc., from Treasure 

 City, Nov., by W. H. Sears ; crystalized gold quartz from Amador 

 Co., by Mr. Warren, through G. Yale. 



Mr. T. A. Mudge resigned the office of Recording Secretary on 

 account of other engagements. 



The Pt-esident stated that he had visited the locahty of the mas 

 todon remains near Petaluma, but found that they had been scat- 

 tered so that none of value could be obtained. He found that the 

 earthquake of last October produced far more effect on those parts 

 of that town built on rock, than on those built on alluvial soil, and 

 described the appearances he observed. 



