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October 1. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Nine persons present. 



Papers under the following titles were presented for publication : 



" A New Species of Clavilithes from the Eocene of Texas," by 

 C. W. Johnson and A. ^Y. Grabau. 



" New Mollusks of the Japanese Empire," by Henry A. 

 Pilsbry. 



" A Quick Method of Testing for Gold," by Edward Gold- 

 smith. 



October 8. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D. , in the Chair. 

 Fourteen persons present. 



October 15. 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Thirteen persons present. 



