JOURNAL OF THE 



RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 



SIXTY-THIRD MEETING. 



Person Hall, September 15, 1891. 



14. Preparation of Pure Zirconium Chlorides from North Carolina Zir- 

 cons. F. P. Venable. 



15. The Alexander County Meteorite. S. C. H. Bailey. 



16. Additions to the List of Birds Found in North Carolina. Smith- 

 wick. 



17. Phosphorescent Bacilli. H. V. Wilson. 



18. Theorem of Least Work. Wm. Cain. 



The Secretary reported 553 books and pamphlets received since the last 

 report and thirteen additional exchanges. 



SIXTY-FOURTH MEETING. 



Wake Forest College Chapel, October 23, 1891. 



19. A North Carolina Catalan Furnace. H. L. Harris. 



20. Twilight in High Latitudes. J. F. Lanneau. 



21. The Development of Certain Sponges. H, V. Wilson. 



22. Rain-making Experiments. L. R. Mills. 



23. Notes on the Fertility of Physa Heterostropha Say. W. L. Poteat. 



24. Drudgery in Science. F. P. Venable. 



SIXTY-FIFTH MEETING. * 



Person Hall, November 17, 1891. 



25. The Sun's Way. J. W. Gore. 



26. A New Cosmic Theor3^ Chas. Baskerville. 



27. A New Theory of the Origin of Petroleum. R. B. Hunter. 



28. Metschnikoff 's Theory of the Action of Phagocytes in Disease. H. 

 V. Wilson. 



The Secretary reported the receipt of 231 books and pamphlets and also 

 the following new exchanges: 

 Colorado— College Studies. 

 Buffalo— Society of Natural History. 

 Hamburg — Landwirthschaftliche Rundschau. 

 Dublin — Royal Irish Academy. 

 Roma — Rassegna delle Scienze Geologiche. 

 Society Francaise de Botanique. 

 Marburg — Gesellschaft z. Beforderung d. Naturwissenschaften. 



