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Mr. J. L. Hayes made some interesting statements rela- 

 tive to the smelting of iron. He said, that in Corsica an 

 American gentleman had made eighteen tons of iron daily 

 for a week, using cold blast ; a quantity very much greater 

 than that usually obtained in the same time by hot blast, 

 which had heretofore been considered the best. Even 

 larger quantities had been made in New Jersey by the same 

 process in furnaces with very wide mouths. 



Mr. Teschemacher referred to a statement of his at a 

 former meeting, that he had detected Vanadium in speci- 

 mens of minerals from Isle Royale. 



At a subsequent meeting he had retracted this statement on 

 the authority of Mr. Schleeper, who had failed to discover it in 

 the specimens submitted to him for examination. It now ap- 

 peared that his first statement was correct. It is found in large 

 quantities at Isle Royale, Lake Superior, in cavities of the 

 vein-stone. Mr. Schleeper's failure to detect it arose from the 

 very small quantity Mr. Teschemacher was able to submit to him 

 for examination. 



Mr. Teschemacher's statement was corroborated by Dr. A. A. 

 Hayes. 



Mr. Alger stated that an extensive deposit of Barytes had 

 been recently found in Nova Scotia. It was distinctly 

 foliated, and the discovery was an important one, from the 

 great use made of this substance in the arts. He presented 

 to the Society specimens of it, together with Sulphate 

 and Silicate of Copper from South America, and micaceous 

 Specular Iron ore from Nova Scotia. 



The Curator of Ornithology announced the addition to 

 the Collection of a specimen of Somaieria spectahilis, King 

 Duck, female, purchased ; and Pij^ra manachus, presented 

 by Dr. F. W. Cragin. 



Dr. Brewer presented the head of an Egyptian Ibis 

 mummy, and a Crocodile's Egg. 



Dr. G. H. Lodge and Mr. G. F. Williams were elected 

 members of the Society. 



