JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



583 



The following members were elected officers of the Acad- 

 emy for the ensuing year : 



Benjamin F. Shumard, M.D. 

 Adolphus Wislizenus, M.D. 

 Charles W. Stevens, M.D. 

 Hon. Nathaniel Holmes. 

 Oscar F. Potter, M.D. 

 Enno Sander, Ph. D. 

 G. H. E. Baumgarten, M.D. 

 Dr. E. F. Baumgarten, Dr. Charles E. 

 Briggs, Dr. John Green, and Dr. I. 

 Forbes. 



The Treasurer submitted his Annual Report of Finances, 

 which was examined and allowed. 



President, 



1st Vice-President^ 



Id Vice-President, 



Cor. Secretary, 



Pec. Secretary, 



Treasurer, 



Librarian, 



Curators, 



January 20, 1868. 

 The President, Dr. B. F. Shumard, in the chair. 



Seven members present. 



Dr. Engelmann exhibited some cactus plants of the genus 

 Opuntia, from Mr. Shaw's Botanic Garden, near St. Louis. 

 The standing committees were appointed, as follows : 



On Publication. — A. Wislizenus, N. Holmes, J. Green, and 



B. F. Shumard. 

 Library. — Dr. G. Baumgarten, Dr. Potter, and Dr.Maughs. 

 Finance. — Dr. Pollock and Spencer Smith. 



Ethnology, 



Botany, 



Comparative Anatomy, 



Mammalogy, 



Embryology, 



Ornithology, 



Ichthyology, 



3Iineralogy, 



Geology, 



Entomology, 



Chemistry, 



Physics, 



Astronomy, 



Meteorology, 



N. Holmes. 



Geo. Engelmann, 



G. Baumgarten. 



C. W. Stevens. 



C. E. Briggs. 



S. Pollak. 



E. F. Baumgarten. 



E. Sander. 



G. C. Swallow. 



J. S. B. Alleyne. 



C. O. Curtman. 



S. Smith. 



R. Hayes. 



A. Wislizenus. 



Edward Montgomery, M.D., Mr. Otto Mallinckrodt, and 

 Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, of St. Louis, were elected Asso- 

 ciate Members. 



