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the improvements made in tbe processes of such reduction and separa- 

 tion, and also the improvements in tlie machinery used for mining pur- 

 poses. To collect and place in the society's cabinet specimens of all 

 kinds of ores, and of the metals in the different stages of reduction. 



The Metallurgist shall keep the recoi-d and perform the duties above 

 indicated, and report annually to the Board the work performed, and 

 give a general review of the progress of mining in this State, and such 

 statistics as he may be able to collect pertaining to the same, with such 

 observations for the general advancement of this branch of industry as 

 he may deem important. 



RULE V. — OP METEOROLOGIST. 



To keep a record of the various meteorological phenomena, such as 

 the pressure, the temperature, and moisture of the atmosphere; also, 

 the quantity of the rain at as many localities in the State as practicable. 



The Meteorologist shall keep or superintend these records and report 

 them to the Board annually, accompanied by such practical observation 

 of their application to agricultural oj)erations as may be suggested by 

 his experience. 



RULE VI. — OF ZOOLOGIST, 



To obtain a description of the animals and birds of the State, and 

 their habits, particularly those that are detrimental or beneficial to agri- 

 culture and horticulture. The collection, classification, and preservation, 

 in the society's museum, of stuffed specimens of all the native varieties 

 of birds, and of such animals as may be deemed important. 



The Zoologist shall prosecute the above objects, and make to the Board 

 an annual report of the progress of the work, including any recom- 

 mendations for the preservation of the useful, or destruction to the 

 injurious, as may be called for. 



RULE VII. — OF ENTOMOLOGIST. 



To describe the insects of the State, their habits and peculiarities, par- 

 ticularly those varieties destructive to vegetation ; to collect, classify, 

 and preserve, at the society's rooms, specimens of the different varieties, 

 and report annually to the Board anj- observations or suggestions upon 

 their relations to agricultural economj', and the means of preventing 

 their ravages by their destruction or otherwise. 



All reports indicated above, and also all reports from the committees 

 that may be appointed to report upon the several branches of industry 

 indicated in the section of the Constitution above quoted, to be made in 

 writing to the Secretary of the Board, on or before the first day of 

 December of each 3'ear, so that they may be properh- arranged in the 

 transactions of the society, to be reported to the Governor by the first of 

 January. 



In pursuance of the above action of the Board, the following gentle- 

 men were appointed to tbe offices named, and their first reports have 

 been received and will be found in the following pages : 



Chemist and Metallurgist^ 

 Dr. R. Oxland, F. C. S.. San Francisco. 



