Report of Secretary. 



At the beginning of the sixth year of the Association we have 

 one hundred and thirty members. 



During the past year eighteen gentlemen and ten ladies were 

 elected members of the Association. 



The Directors of the various sections have prepared with a great 

 deal of care, and presented to the Association every alternate 

 month, a resume of scientific progress made during the previous 

 two months. 



At each alternate month papers have been read by members of 

 the Association and others, to large and appreciative andiences. 



The following papers were read before the Association in 1885 : 



FEBRUARY. 



The Treatment of Horn Silver Ore, . Rev. A. H. Hall. 



Crystalization, .... PROF. Henry S. Pratt. 



MAY. 



Explosives, .... Miss Kate R. Kelsey. 



Bacteria vs. Material Imuiortalily, . . Dr. G. H. Wilson. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Our Schools, ..... Andrew J. Coe. 



The Great Tombs and Smoking Mountains 



of Mexico, .... Rev. J. H. Chapin. 



NOVEMliKR. 



Review of Pressens6's " History of Origins," Rev. W. F. Markwick. 



Review of Drummond's " Natural Law of the 



Spiritual Worid," . . Rev. A. J. Aubrey. 



Review of the .Seventh Chapter of the " Nat- 

 ural Law of the Spiritual Worid," Mrs. E. B. Kendrick, 



