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state survey. Next year, the New York Survey will be able to celebrate 

 seventy-five years of actual continuous existence. He gave a rather de- 

 tailed and most interesting account of the origin and successive stages of 

 work and progress to the present time. Eemarks were made by Professor 

 James F. Kemp, Dr. E. 0. Hovey and Dr. George F. Kunz. 



A vote of thanks was given by the Section in acknowledgment of Dr. 

 Clarke's entertaining and instructive address. 



The Section then adjourned. 



Charles P. Berket, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF BIOLOGY. 



April 11, 1910. 



Section met at 8:15 p. m., Mr. Roy W. Miner presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and approved. 



The following programme was then offered: 



Roy W, Miner, Collecting Invertebrates in the Woods Hole 



Region. 



Summary of Paper. 



Mr. Miner gave an account of his collecting experiences during the 

 summer of 1910 in the Woods Hole region. The methods and results of 

 a dredging expedition were first outlined, and then the speaker gave an 

 account of the habits of some of the more interesting and typical inverte- 

 brates found in the vicinity of Buzzard Bay and Vineyard Sound, dwell- 

 ing especially on the Annulata. The address was illustrated with colored 

 lantern slides of the living animals. 



The Section then adjourned. 



W. K. Gregory, 

 Secretary pro tern. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. 



April 18, 1910. 



By permission of Council, no meeting was held. 



Edward J. Thatcher, 



Secretary. 



