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The Secretary reported three additional exchanges and eighty-seven books 

 and pamphlets received. 



Messrs. A. H. Patterson and W. S. Roberson were received as associate 

 members. 



FORTY-SECOND MEETING. 



Stated Meeting. Person Hall, February 12, 1889. 



As the Vice-President was absent, Prof. Gore presided. The papers pre- 

 sented were as follows: 



6. Preservation of Wood with Creosote Oil. This paper, by Mr. I. H. 

 Manning, appears in full in this issue of the Journal. 



7. Natural History of the Cereals. Gerald McCarthy, Esq., gave in this 

 paper a short account of each of the principal Cereals, giving not only the 

 natural history but the story of their introduction, in a brief form. 



8. Some Sources for Sugar Proposed at the Close of Last Century. Mr. H. 

 L. Harris showed in this paper that many vegetables and trees had been 

 closely examined with a view to their sugar-producing power, thus anticipat- 

 ing much of the similar work done of late years. 



9. An Account of an Interesting Fossil found in the Neighborhood of Chapel 

 Hill. Prof. Holmes exhibited fragments of this fossil recently dug up in 

 this vicinity and gave an account of its discovery. He hopes soon to present 

 a more complete paper upon the subject. 



10. Note on the Decomposition of Nickel and Cobalt. 



Dr. Venable read to the Society an abstract of the important paper by 

 Kruss & Schmidt on this subject. 



The Secretary reported two new members : 



Prof. W. H. Pegram, Trinity College, N. C. 



J. R. Harris, Esq., Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C. 



Several additional exchanges were reported. Eighty-five books and pam- 

 phlets were received during the month. 



forty-third meeting. 



Stated Meeting. Person Hall, March 12, 1889. 



Prof Gore presided in the absence of Vice-President Graves. 

 The following papers were presented: 



11. The Three Formations of the Atlantic Slope, with exhibition of photo- 

 graphs and specimens, by Professor Holmes. 



12. A Note on the Use of Pulverized Coal as Fuel. By Prof. J. W. Gore. 



13. A Photographic Camera made from a Cigar- Box, with an exhibition of 

 views taken with it, by Mr. H. L. Harris. 



14. Some Notes on Recent Progress in Chemistry. Dr. Venable described 

 work done on preparing Artificial Quinine and Cocaine and gave some of the 

 new applications of Cotton Seed Oil. 



The Secretary reported as a new associate member Mr. C. W. Toms. 

 Twelve additional exchanges were announced and eighty-seven books and 

 pamphlets received during the month. 



