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showing receipts to the amount of $38 62 



and expenditures 33 43 



leaving a balance on hand of $ 5 19 



Respectfully submitted, 

 Jan. 6th, 1S79. NATHANIEL HOLMES, 



Corresponding Secretary. 



Election of officers then took place with result as follows : 



President — George Engelmann. 

 Fii'st Vice President — Albert Todd. 

 Secofzd Vice President — Wm. H. Pulsifer. 

 Corresponding- Secretary — Nathaniel Holmes. 

 Treasurer — Enno Sander. 

 Recording Secretary — Francis E. Nipher. 

 Librarian — Frederick M. Crunden. 

 Curators — G. Hambach, Geo. J. Engelmann, W. B. Potter. 



Mr. John Shepherd, of Macon, Mo., was elected to correspond- 

 ing membership. 



Jamiary 20, 1879. 



Mr. A. Todd in the chair. Ten members present. 



This meeting was devoted wholly to business, and a commit- 

 tee, consisting of W. H. Pulsifer, Charles Speck, Chas. A. Todd, 

 F. F. Hilder, and F. E. Nipher, were instructed to take into con- 

 sideration the suggestions contained in the President's annual 

 address of Jan. 6, 1879. 



February 3, 1879. 



Vice President A. Todd in the chair. Eight members present. 

 Mr. Nipher made the following communication on the earth- 

 quake of November iSth, 1S78: 



The shock of this earthquake was felt over an area of fuUj 150,000 square 

 miles. The region disturbed forms an ellipsis, the major axis of which 

 extends from Leavenworth, Kas., to Tuscaloosa, Ala., a distance of over 

 600 miles. The minor axis extends from near Clarksville, Ark., to a point 

 midway between Cairo, Ills., and St. Louis, a distance of 300 miles. The 

 southern boundary of this region has not been determined with as great 

 accuracy as is desired. The i-egion of greatest disturbance was along the 

 Mississippi from Cairo to Memphis. Here the shocks were universally 



