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Business Meeting, July 3, 1888. 



First Vice-President Fisher in the chair. 



Minutes of Annual Meeting of April read and approved. 



The minutes of the Executive Board for meetings of April, May 

 and June were read. 



The amendment to Article VI. Section 3, of the Constitution, 

 was presented for a final vole and carried. 



Mr. William P. Anderson was elected to active membership. 



Dr. J. A. Henshall read a paper on "Some Peculiarities of the 

 Ova ot Fishes; " referred to Committee on Publication. 



Dr. O. D. Norton exhibited some specimens of plants from 

 Watch Hill, R. I , and made some interesting remarks thereon. 



Dr. Henshall read by title a paper, "Contributions to the 

 Ichthyology of Ohio." No. i. Referred to the Committee on Pub- 

 lication. 



I^rof. W. R. Lazenby, of Ohio State University, gave some 

 interesting suggestions on the work of Natural History Societies. 



Donations were received as follows : From S. D. Spence, 

 Ludlow Grove, specimen of Fungus; from Pelham Ellis, city, 

 minerals; from J. M. Phillips, New Haven, Pa., Least Bittern 

 (mounted); from A. E. Heighway, M. D., large collection of 

 Fossils from Phosphate Beds, Buford Couniy, S. C. 



Adjourned. 



Scientific Meeting, August 7, 1888. 



Vice-President Fisher in the chair. 



Minutes of the June scientific Meeting were read and approved, 

 subject to the action of a quorum, there being no quorum present 

 when read. 



Mr. M. Neumann, of California, gave a very interesting lecture 

 upon "Silk Worm Culture," which was followed by a general 

 discussion of the subject. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Neumann. 



A quorum was now present. 



Mr. Davis L. James exhibited a very fine specimen of marine 

 algce, Laniinaria saccliarina. 



Donations were received as follows : From J. A. Cassell, city, 

 Stalactites from Mammoth Cave; from United States National 

 Museum, through G. Brown Goode, five boxes Foraminifera ; from 

 Hon. Charles Bird, city, fifteen volumes " Ohio Geological Sur- 

 vey," Vol. VL with maps; from Department of Interior, through 

 Hon. C. E. Brown, complete set of " Reports of United States 



