6 JOURNAL OF THE 



Dr. H. W. Ravenel, Aiken, S. C. ; Prof. W. K. Brooks, Johns Hop- 

 kins University; Prof. W. M. Fontaine, University of Virginia. 



Prof. A. M. Elliott, of Johns Hopkins University, was elected a 

 life member. 



The following regular members were elected during the year: 



Prof. W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest College, N. C. 



Arthur Winslow, Esq., ..Raleigh, N. C. 



Prof. Wm. Cain, ._ .Charleston, S. C, 



Prof. W. D. Toy, University of North Carolina. 



Prof. Nelson B. Henry, .University of North Carolina. 



Dr. Thomas Hume, University of North Carolina. 



Gerald McCarthy,... Washington, D. C. 



PUBLIC MEETINGS. 



Natural History Lecture Room, 



September igth, 1885. 



1. North Carolina Triassic, J. A. Holmes. 



2. Analysis of Water from Durham Artesian Well, F. P. Venable. 



3. Longevity of Frogs, J. A. Holmes. 



4. Some New Explosives, F. P. Venable. 



October i-jth, 1SS5. 



5. Report on the Meetings of Science Associations,. J. W. Gore. 



6. The New Star in the Nebula of Andromeda, R. H. Graves. 



7. Peach Tree Boring Beetle, Geo. F. Atkinson. 



8. History of the Last Century of Mathematics, J. L. Love. 



9. Apparatus for Filtering, H . B. Battle. 



10. A Thermometer for Class Illustration, F. P. Venable. 



November 2$ih, 1885. 



11. Progress in Meteorology and Engineering, J. W. Gore. 



12. Sketch of Dr. N. M. Hentz, Geo. F.Atkinson. 



13. The Condition of the N. C. Indians, ...J. A. Holmes. 



14. Theories Deduced from the Occurrence of the Elements, .F. P. Venable. 



15. Trap-Door Spiders, .Geo. F. Atkinson. 



16. Note on the Folding of Rocks J. A. Holmes. 



