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ing in the experience of Mr. Latimer. On one occasion he was 

 requested to locate the large water-main, running through the ])ark 

 in the City of Cleveland. This he did, the location i)roving 

 correct with the official plats. 



"There is quite a large amount of literature on this subject, ex- 

 treding back some hundreds of years." 



Dr. Dun now took the chair. Mr. Fisher in presenting the 

 society with a report of the New York Forestry Commission, the 

 gift of Mr. T. B. Basselin, spoke of the progress of Forestry in the 

 Adironidac region, and gave an account of the chief destroyers of 

 the forests there. These were, the charcoal burners, the pulp 

 makers and fires. 



Members were proposed as follows : Dr. John C. McKenzie, 

 A, W. Whelpley, C. M. Cook, Clough Anderson, Dr. J. L. Cilley, 

 Miss. Amelia Miner. 



The following persons, proposed at the preceding meeting, 

 were unanimously elected members : Misses Clara B. Fletcher, 

 Amanda Frank, Laura J. Frank, Dr. M. H. Fletcher, and Mr. 

 Herbert Jenney. 



A report on an amerdment to the By-laws, made by Mr. 

 William H. Fisher to the Executive Board and referred to the 

 Society, was read. The report referred to a more definite under- 

 standing of the rights of the society to priorty of publication of 

 papers read before it. 



A resolution was presented as follows and laid over for discus- 

 sion to the next meeting : 



'■'■Resolved, That the Society have the right to first publication 

 of articles read before it; and 



'■'■Resolved, That if the Publishing Committee decline the paper 

 it shall be returned to the writer." 



Dr. Dun stated that a movement was on foot to give a course 

 of lectures, for the benefit of the Building Fund, in some public 

 hall. A circular asking for subscriptions to the course had been 

 prepared, and would be mailed to members in a few days. The 

 text of the circular was then read. 



Mr. W. H. Knight said that Dr. Charles Caldwell had offered 

 to deliver a course of ten free lectures to students and teachers in 

 the rooms of the Society. His offer had been accepted by the 

 Lecture Committee, and the lectures would begin Saturday, 

 November 14th. 



