April 5, 1869. 



Vice-President Wislizenus in the chair. 



Eight members present. 



Publications received were laid upon the table. 



Dr. Wislizenus presented to the Academy, from and in the 

 name of Mr. Fendler, of Allenton, Mo., an ancient urn, dug up 

 in a field in the State of Venezuela, South America. 



Dr. Wislizenus reported the following summary of his metero- 

 logical record for the last month : Mean temperature 37.3 ; 

 average for March, 44.4 . Rain and snow, 4.24 inches; aver- 

 age, 3.81 inches. 



George D. Rand, Esq., was elected an associate member. 



At a special meeting, held on the 16th day of April, 1S69, 

 (Vice-President Wislizenus in the chair,) upon the occasion of 

 the death of the President, Dr. Benjamin F. Shumard, the follow- 

 ing resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be 

 published in the daily papers and printed copies to be transmitted 

 to all the learned societies in communication with the Academy : 



The Academy of Science of St. Louis having sustained a great loss on 

 the 14th of April, 1869, in the death of its President, Dr. Benjamin Frank- 

 lin Shumard ; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Academy has been deprived of an ornament of 

 which it had no equal, and of a leader and fellow-laborer that itcanscarcel 

 hope to replace. 



That his name has been an honor to us. for which no distinction that we 

 have been able to confer upon him could be deemed an equivalent. 



That by publishing these resolutions in the Transactions of the Academy, 

 we desire to announce to members of learned societies, who occupy them- 

 selves in palaeontology, geology, and the other branches of Natural 

 Science, in which Dr. Shumard was distinguished, the sad news of his pre- 

 mature death, and to ask their sympathy in our peculiar loss. 



That we respectfully tender to his family circle this expression of our 

 regret for the departed, and our high esteem of his worth. 



April 19, 1869. 



Vice-President Wislizenus in the chair. 

 Six members present. 



The Corresponding Secretary laid upon the table numerous 

 exchanges from American and European Societies. 



