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RECORD OF MEETINGS. 



SIXTY-SEVENTH MEETING. 



Person Hall. January 19th. 1892. 

 President Holmes in the chair. 



1. The Oyster Question. H. V. Wilson. 



2. Magnetic Iron Ores of Ashe County. H. B. C. Nitze. 



Report of the Secretary. One hundred and twenty-six books and pam- 

 phlets received and the following new exchanges: 

 New York Mathematical Society. 

 La Societe Geologique du Nord du France. 



SIXTY EIGHTH MEETING. 



Person H.\ll. February 9th, 1892. 

 Called to order by the President. 



3. The Greenwood Process for the Direct Production of Caustic Soda 

 and Hydrochloric Acid. Chas. Baskerville. 



4. The Determination of the Standards of Length. J. W. Gore. 



5. Chinese Salt-making. F". P. Yenable. 



6. The Plan and Limitations of the N. C. Geological Survey. J. A. 

 Holmes. 



Report of the Secretary. Sevent3--five books and pamphlets received. 

 New exchange: E. M. Museum of Princeton College. 



sixty-ninth meeting. 



Person Hall, .\pril 12th. 1892. 

 Professor Gore presided. 



7. Common Roads. Wm. Cain. 



8. Igneous Rock Formation of North Carolina. J. A. Holmes. 

 New exchange: Institut Royal Grand Ducal de Luxembourg. 



