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ly concluded by the Coast Survey to determine the geographical 

 position and elevation of Mount Rainier. By permission of the 

 Superintendent of the survey, he stated that Mount Rainier is found 

 to be in latitude 46 deg. 51 min. 09 sec, and in longitude 121 

 deg. 45 min. 28 sec. Previous locations of it were twenty miles 

 from being true. The elevation is definitely ascertained to be 

 14,444 feet, making it 4 feet higher than Shasta, and confirming 

 the speaker's previous impression that it was the highest peak on 

 the coast. In reply to a question. Prof. Davidson said that there 

 are large glaciers on the side of Rainier. The mountain was 

 ascended to the summit last summer by Stevens and Von Trump. 

 The observations relating to Rainier, which have just been con- 

 cluded, were made by Prof. Davidson and Mr. Lawson. Mount 

 Baker, about one hundred miles further north, and in the same 

 longitude, he had found to be 10,760 feet high. 



Regular Meeting, February 6th, 1871. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty members present. 



Henry Chapman was elected a resident member. 



Donations to the Cabinet : A specimen of Cinnabar ore, from 

 the Redington mine, presented by Mr. Durand, composed of ex- 

 tremely rich crystals, which were a modification of the rhombohed- 

 ral system, in the form of an hexagonal prism. A live specimen of 

 Filaria, two feet long, which was taken from a water pipe from a 

 well 200 feet in solid rock, on the San Bruno Road. Fossils from 

 the Aleutian Islands, by Captain C. M. Scammon. 



Donations to the Library : A box of books from the foreign cor- 

 respondents of the Academy, through the Smithsonian Institution. 



The Society then proceeded to the election of Trustees, and after 

 considerable discussion the number was fixed at seven — the Pres- 

 ident, Secretary, and Treasurer to act as ex-oflBcio Trustees ; the 

 remaining four to be elected from the body of the members. 



