and the specimen was, perhaps, the most perfect of its age that 

 had yet been found. It was over 6 feet in height, and though un- 

 mistakably human, possessed some peculiarities of interest. It 

 was being carefully exhumed under French care, and further de- 

 velopments might soon be looked for. 



Prof. J. Luce presented specimens of a very fine carbon found 

 at Belleville, Ills., and made some remarks as to its nature. 



Mr. Riley offered the following resolutions, which, after brief 

 remarks in their favor by himself and Mr. Harris, were unani- 

 mously adopted : 



" Resolved, i. That after the ist of January, 1S73, the Journal 

 of Proceedings of the St. Louis Academy of Science be published 

 in instalments of 16 pages, and that it be the Recording Secretary's 

 duty to prepare these Proceedings for the press, the pages to be 

 numbered in Roman numerals. 



" 2. That the Transactions of the Society be likewise printed 

 in instalments, i.e., that every paper or communication presented 

 to the Society be published forthwith, when so ordered by the 

 Publication Committee, and that 50 separate and paper-bound 

 copies, or less if desired, be at the disposal of the author. 



" 3. That the Transactions be paged in ordinary numbers, and 

 that it be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to send the sig- 

 natures to subscribers and members every three months, or as often 

 as three or four signatures have accumulated. 



" 4. That it be the duty of the Publication Committee to take 

 charge of the signatures, and, whenever sufficient material shall 

 have accumulated to make a fair-sized volume, to prepare an index 

 and order all the copies remaining in possession of the Society to 

 be bound." 



The Treasurer submitted his Annual Report, showing that the 

 balance on hand January, 1872, was $143.50 ; amount of subscrip- 

 tions collected during the year, $648; expended, $150; balance 

 on hand, $639.50. Including the subscriptions to fall due on 

 March ist, there will be in the Treasury, after their collection, 

 $1,400. The number of paid associate memberships was 120. 



The report was referred to an auditing committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. Forbes, Todd, and Engelmann, and found correct. 



President Eads called Mr. Harris to the chair, and made the 

 following remarks : 



