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On motion, it was resolved to add the description of these 

 species as a supplement to Dr. Engelmann's paper on Pines 

 and Gentians. 



Dr. Pollak presented a letter from the Western Sanitary 

 Commission, St. Lonis, asking - the Academy to receive on 

 deposit the remains of the McDowell Collection of Natural 

 History, now in the Gratiot-street Prison. Referred to a 

 committee. 



December 1, 18G2. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



Letters were read from the Academie Royale des Sciences, 

 Lettres, et Beaux-Arts, de Belgique, Bruxelles, Oct. 19, 1862, 

 acknowledging receipt of Transactions of the Academy and 

 announcing publications sent in exchange. 



Dr. Engelmann presented a copy of Dr. C. C. Parry's Physi- 

 cal Sketch of the Rocky Mountain Range. 



Mr. Holmes, chairman of the committee appointed to re- 

 move the remains of the McDowell Collection of Natural 

 History from the Gratiot-street Prison (McDowell's College) 

 to the museum of the Academy, reported that the commit- 

 tee, assisted by Capt. Curry and Dr. John McDowell, had se- 

 lected the best preserved anatomical preparations, specimens 

 of animals, minerals, and other articles of value, and placed 

 the same in the museum of the Academy. The committee 

 had also made a list of the Collection and deposited a copy 

 in the office of the Major General commanding this Depart- 

 ment. Mr. Holmes further stated that, by the terms of the 

 order of Maj. Gen. Curtis, the Collection was deposited in 

 the Academy in trust for sale keeping. 



Dr. Engelmann presented from Dr. C. C. Parry a specimen 

 of tine grained granite from the summit of Pike's Peak. 



Dr. Engelmann gave a resume of his calculations on the 

 altitude of Pike's Peak and other elevations in Colorado Ter- 

 ritory, in a paper entitled "Altitude of Pike's Peak and other 

 points in Colorado Territory." 



December 15, 1862. 



Vice-President Dr. Wislizenus in the chair. 



Seven members present. 



A Letter was read from T. Apoleon Cheney, Esq., Leon, 

 N. Y., Dec. 10, 1862, concerning exchange of publications. 



