Proceedings ofiht Albany Institute. 



marim algce to which the genua belongs, and observed that 

 the hollow stems had been mistaken tor fossil .-hells. 

 Adjourned. 



December 29th, 1863. 



The president, Mr. Pruyn, in the chair. Present, eleven 

 resident members, a corresponding member and two visi- 

 tors. 



Dr. Howard Townsend proposed Mr. Edward E. Burnett 

 as resident member. The rule lor the election of members 

 being suspended, Mr. Burnett was elected resident mem- 

 ber of the Institute. 



Prof. Hall called the attention of the Institute to some 



fossils from the Potsdam sandstone, and made remarks :is 



to the localities and depth of that rock in various parts of 



the United States and Canada. 



January 13th, 1864. 



Present ten members and three visitors. In the absence 

 of the president, Dr. F. B. Hough presided. 



The library committee, appointed at the regular meeting 

 of the Institute held Dec. 15, reported : That they have 

 found the signatures to complete the fourth volume of the 

 Transactions, and that nothing remains to delay the early 

 issue of this volume. They find a large number of im- 

 perfect sets of vol. i, and vol. n. and about 30 copies 

 in sbeets of vol. in, apparently perfect. In the course 

 of their labors they also met with 48 copies of vol. I, 

 half bound, 1*2 of vol. ir, and 7-"> of vol. in, in paper 

 eovers. The library has also a large number of duplicate 

 bound volumes of the Transactions of the Society of Arts 



from 1801 to 1819, and 55 copies of vol. u, of the first 

 edition of the Federalist It would be very desirable 



if by chance an equal number oi copies of the first volume 

 of this masterly work could be found, and thus the series 

 completed. Tie » find a large Dumber of duplicate 



