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The names of Dr. Levi Moore, John A. Cooper, and 

 Michael P. Cavert, nominated at the last meeting, were 

 voted for, and they were unanimously elected resident 

 members of the Institute. 



Mr. Cruikshank nominated Samuel T. C. Sweezey of 

 San Francisco, Cal., for corresponding member. 



Dr. Mosher nominated Simon W. Rosendale for resident 

 member. 



On motion, it was resolved that Prof. Hall be invited to 

 give an account of the recent discoveries in the Canadian 

 limestones, at the next meeting of the Institute. 



Dr.F. B. Hough called attention to an original manuscript 

 copy of the proceedings of the commission appointed 

 by the United Colonies to confer with the Indian tribes in 

 1775, concerning their relations to the two armies, then at 

 war in this country, and requested permission to make use 

 of it for publication, a certain number of copies to be pre- 

 sented to the Institute. 



On motion the permission was granted. 



Adjourned. 



January 17th, 1865. 



Prof. Hall then read a paper on Recent Progress in 

 Geology, of which the following is an abstract : 



Mr. Hall began by reverting to the early views of geolo- 

 gists regarding the structure of the earth, when all the 

 crystalline granite rocks were considered as a part of the 

 original primary nucleus of the globe ; and it was sup- 

 posed that the stratified rocks, derived from the gradual 

 breaking down and wasting of these crystalline masses, 

 had been deposited around them. 



Even to the present time, these mountain ranges of 

 crystalline rocks were regarded as having been uplifted 

 or thrust upwards, by some internal force, and were still 

 considered as parts of the primary mass of the earth. 



