The Committee on Pnblication announced that Nos. i and 2 

 (a double number) of Vol. V. of the Transactions had just come 

 from press, and exhibited a sample copy. 



Decefnber 3^^, 1888. 



President Nipher in the chair ; six members present. 

 Dr. Ham-bach exhibited some petrified seeds of Celtis, found 

 in the subcarboniferous limestone at Boonville, Mo. 



December i>]th, li 



President Nipher in the chair ; eleven members and twenty 

 visitors present. 



Mr. Jas. A. Seddon presented a paper on "The Absorption of 

 Moisture by Swedish Filter-paper." 



Prof. Pritchett made a statement of the preparations made by 

 the Observatory of Washington University to observe the total 

 eclipse of the sun visible in California, Jan. ist, 1889, and gave a 

 short discourse on the observations of former eclipses. 



January ^th, 1889. 



Vice-President Dr. J. M. Leete in the chair ; ten members 

 present. 



Hon. Wm. McAdams read a paper on "A Mound Builder's 

 Skull," and exhibited the skull and some of the bones. 



Mr. Pammel made some remarks on Bacteria Methods as ap- 

 plied to the study of higher Fungi, and exhibited a series of 

 specimens. 



The annual report of the Corresponding Secretary was read 

 and accepted. 



The Treasurer presented a report, which, upon the recommen- 

 dation of the auditing committee, was accepted. 



The following officers for the ensuing year were unanimously 

 elected : 



