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comparison for the last six years. Referred to the Committee 

 on Publication. 



Prof. Swallow presented a copy of his Report of the Ge- 

 ological Survey of Kansas. 



The following members were elected as the Board of Cu- 

 rators for the ensuing year : Dr. J. S. B. Alleyne, Dr. B. F. 

 Shuraard, and Mr. Spencer Smith. 



John Green, M.D., of St. Louis, was elected an Associate 

 Member. 



February 4, 1867. 



The President in the chair. 

 Eleven members present. 

 Letters were read. 

 Publications received were laid upon the table, as follows : 



Geol. Survey of Illinois, by A. H. Worthen, State Geologist, vol. ii., 

 Palaeontology, from the Author. Rep. of Com. on Petroleum, from 

 Hon. B. Gratz Brown. Meteorol. Synopsis for 18(56, by J. B. Trem- 

 bly, M.D , Toledo, 0., from the Author. Proc. Amer. Pharmaceutical 

 Soc, at Detroit, 1866, from the Society. American Journal of Science 

 and Arts, No. 127, 1867 ; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iv., pp. 

 17-32; vol. x., pp. 385-417; and xi, pp. 1-16; Condition and Doings, 

 May, 1866, from the Society. Geol. Rep. on the Old Mines of Washing- 

 ton Co., Mo., by B. F. Shumard, M.D., from the Author. Proc. Essex 

 Institute, vol. v., No. 2, Salem, 1867, from the Society. Naturf. Gesell- 

 schaft Graubiindens: Jahrb. vi., Jahrg. 1864-5, Chur, 1856, from the So- 

 ciety. Mannheimer Verein fur Naturk.: xx. Jahresb., 1866, from the 

 Society. Wurtemburgische Naturw. Jahresb. xxi. Jahrg., Heft 1-3, Stutt- 

 gart, from the Society. Elliptiske Funclioners Rackkendvikling af Dr. 

 O. J. Broch, Stockholm, 1864, from the Author. Soci&e' Imp. Zool. 

 d'Acclimatation : Bulletin, T. iii., No. 10-11, Paris, from the Society. 

 Naturw. Verein zu Bremen : Abhandl. i. Band, 1 Heft, 1866, from the 

 Society. Naturf. Verein zu Riga : Correspondenz-blatt, xv. Jahrg., i. 

 Arbeiten, i. Heft, from the Society. Verein des Krain. Landes Museum: 

 Mittheil. i. Jahrg. Laibach, 1866, from the Society. Naturw. Gestll- 

 schaft Isis : Sitzungsb. No. 7-9, Dresden, 1866, from the Society. K. 

 K. Geol. Reichsanstalt : Jahrb. xvi. Band, Wien, 1866, from the Society. 

 K. K. Geograph. Gesellschaft : Mittheil. ix. Jahrg. 1865, from the Society. 

 Naturf. Gesellschaft zu Halle: Abhandl. ix. Band, Heft 1-2, from the 

 Society. K. Norste Universitet : Aarsberetning, 1864-5, Christiania, 18G6 ; 

 Bidrag, Hefti., 1865; Geol. Excursioner, af Th. Kjeruif, 1865; Ezechiels 

 Lyner, af C. A. Holmbos, 1866 ; Maerker efter en Jisted i., af S. A. Sexe, 

 1866; Meteorol. Jagttagelser, 1865; Quellen zur Geschichte an Taufsym- 

 bols, .von Dr. C. Caspari, 1866; Entomologiske Undersagelser, 1864-5; 

 from the University. Mittheil. aus dem Osterlande, xvii. Band, Alten- 

 berg, 1866, from the Society. Naturf. Gesellschaft in Einden : li. Jahresb. 

 1865; Festschrift, from the Society. K. Preuss. Akad. der Wissen- 

 schaften : Monatsb., Aug. to Oct., 1866, Berlin, from the Academy. Ober 

 Realschule in Gratz: Jahresb. 1-4, 1862-6, from the Society. Two Ger- 

 man books, from Dr. C. O. Curtman. Works of Dr. John Davy, 2 vols., 

 from Dr. O. F. Potter. 



Mr. Mosberger presented a specimen of magnetic iron ore 

 from Shepherd's Mountain. 



