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The following papers were read, during the past year many of them to 

 be published in the Transactions : 



Dr. A. Wislizenus — On Atmospheric Electricity, with plates and dia- 

 grams. 



Prof. G. C. Swallow — Descriptions of new Fossils from Missouri. 



Dr. B. F. Shumard — Notice of some New and imperfectly known Fos- 

 sils from the Primordial zone, (Potsdam, Sandstone and Cafciferous sand 

 groups) of Wisconsin and Missouri. 



. Descriptions of new Palaeozoic Fossils. 



. On the fall of the supposed Meteorite at St. Louis. 



Mr. H. Engelmann — On the discovery of Topaz in Utah, and on the 

 Formation of the Prairies of the Mississippi Valley. 



Dr. T. C. Hilgard — A detailed Exposition of the Circuit of Generation 

 of the fresh water Algae, as thalline developments of Bryum Argenteum, 

 with plates. On the Characters of some species and varieties of Vernonia. 



Mr. N. Holmes — On Prof. Haidinger's Theory of Meteorites. 



Dr. C. C. Parry — On his Ascent of Pike's Peak. 



Mr. A. F. Bandelier, Jr. — Meteorological Observations made at High- 

 land, Ills. 



Dr. E. Leigh — On a new and ready Method of Notation of statistical 

 facts on maps and charts. 



Dr. J. M. Bigelow — On the Progress of Atmospheric Waves from 

 west to east, along the chain of the great Lakes, as elucidated by the Gov- 

 ernment Lake Suivey, under the superintendence of Col. J. D. Graham. 



Dr. G. Engelmann— Meteorological Table for 1861. On the Fall of 

 Rain in St. Louis, during the last twenty-three years, with a diagram. 

 On the Difference of Temperature and Relative Humidity in the city and 

 country. On the Correspondence of Barometical Variation in St. Louis 

 and in the Rocky Mountains. On the Altitude of some interesting points 

 in Colorado Ten itory, and the Limit of trees there, after Dr. Parry's baro- 

 metrical measurements. On a New Species of Pine from the Rocky 

 Mountains, with plates. On several New Species of Gemiana from the 

 Rocky Mountains, with plates. Additions to the Cactus-Flora of the 

 Territory of the United States. On the Formation of the Pulp in the Cac- 

 taceae, and in the genus Ribes. 



Special mention is due to Dr. C. C. Parry, of Davenport, Iowa, one of 

 our correspondents, who has, with much zeal and intelligence, dming the 

 two last seasons, conducted his botanical explorations in the fastnesses of 

 the Rocky Mountains, and especially in the country about Pike's Peak. 

 During the last summer, with the aid of an excelle.it mountain barometer, 

 he has cleared up some doubtful and interesting points in the physical 

 geography of a region which we consider as properly belonging to our 

 domain. 



The painful duty now remains for me to remind you of the loss, by 

 death, of one our most active members, one of the founders, and formerly 

 a President of this Academy. Our Institution loses in Hiram A. Prout, 

 M.D., one of the most zealous, and, at the same time, unassuming mem- 

 bers ; who devoted all the leisure hours which could be .-pared from the 

 duties of his profession to the pursuit of science. While anions; his 

 friends and colleagues of this Academy his memory will live on brightly, 

 the gigantic Tihrnothcrtum Proutii of the Mauvaises Terre? of Nebraska 

 will, to the W'>rld of science at large, stand forever a monument of his ex- 

 ertions in Palaeontology. 



During the last year, two new Associate Members have been added to 

 our list, while a few old ones have neglected to act as members, and have 

 voluntarily or negligently excluded themselves from the privilege of 

 beine patrons of science in our midst. The list of Correspondents has 

 been increased by four names. 



In our finances we share the troubles of the times. Our income has 

 fallen off materially, and while old accounts have been paid up only par- 

 tially, new ones have been increased, (in order to continue our publica- 



