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31 March, 1911] 



RECORDS OF MEETINGS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES." 



January, 1910, to December, 1910. 



By Edmund Otis Hovey, Recording Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



January 3, 1910. 



The Academy met at 8 :20 p. m. at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, President Kemp presiding. 



Professor Dean presented a memorial of Kakichi Mitsukuri, a deceased 

 Honorary Member of the Academy. This has been published in Vol. XIX 

 of the Annals. 



On motion, the business meeting was adjourned at 8 :34 p. m. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



January 3, 1910. 



Section met at 8 :35 p. m., Vice-President George F. Kunz presiding. 

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

 The following programme was then offered: 



George W. Tower, Jr., Geological Notes on Northern Brazil. 

 Henry S. Washington, Brief Notes on Some of the Geological As- 

 pects OF the Province of Bahia, Brazil. 



Summary of Papers. 



Mr. Tower gave an account of an expedition into some little explored 

 territory in connection with studies of deposits of iron, manganese and 

 copper. Remarks were made by Professor J. F. Kemp. 



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