ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 9 



By a vote of the Society the office of Corresponding Sec- 

 retary was made permanent. 



To insure more rapid publication of the material on hand 

 it was decided that hereafter the Journal be published in two 

 semi-annual parts. 



The following officers for 1887- 1888 were then elected: 



President — Dr. R. H. Lewis, Raleigh, N C. 



Vjce-Presidents— Prof. W. L Poteat, Wake Forest College, and Dr. 

 W. B. Phillips, Chapel Hill. 



Secretary and Treasurer — Dr. F. P. Venable, Chapel Hill. 



Recording Secretary — Prof. J. W. Gore, Chapel Hill. 



Publication Committee — Profs. Graves, Holmes and Love, Chapel 

 Hill 



As Honorary members the following were elected : 



Major J. W. Powell, U. S. Geological Survey; Hon. S. F. Baird, Smith- 

 Bonian Institution, and Dr. C, V. Riley, Department of Agriculture. 



As Corresponding members : 



Prof. E. E. Smith, University of Alabama; Dr. D. Day, U. 8. Geologi- 

 cal Survey; Dr. J. M. McBryde, University of South Carolina, and Prof. 

 W. J. McGee, U. S. Geological Survey. 



A number of regular members were also elected, a list of 

 whom will appear in the second part of the Journal. 



PUBLIC MEETINGS. 



Natural History Lecture Room, 



XX. PUBLIC meeting. September 14, 1886. 



1. Examination of certain North Carolina Clays, W. B. Phillips. 



2 Treatment of Refractory Phosphates, W. B. Phillips. 



3. Report on the last meeting of American Association for 



the Advancement of Science, J. W. Gore. 



4. Report on recently Discovered Elements, F. P Vena'.le. 



5. Report on Saccharine F. P. Venable. 



6. New Instances of Protective Resemblance in Insects, G. F Atkinson^ 



7. Report on a Recent Discovt-ry in Biology, G. F. Atkinson. 



XXI. PUBLIC meeting. November, 1886. 



8. On the Parameter of a Plane, R. H. Graves and W. B. Phillips. 



