2 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [oCT. 4, 



lars" to " ieti dollars" wherever it designates the amount of 

 fees or dues. 



III. To append to Section 4, Chapter VIII., the following: 

 By a two-thirds vote of the members and fellows present at any 

 regular business meeting of the society, provided that such ac- 

 tion shall have been recommended by the council, and at least 

 one month's notice given in writing to the delinquent to show 

 cause why such erasure should not be made. 



IV. In Chapter IX., Section 1, to change the word " Pro- 

 ceedings ^^ to " Transactions.^' 



V. In Chapter XIV., to insert the following as " Section 4: " 

 The rules of order as set forth in " Cnshing's Manual of Parlia- 

 mentary Proceedings,^' shall be accepted as authoritative in the 

 meetings of the society. 



VI. To insert as Section 2, in Chapter XVI., the following: 

 Any member or fellow may be censured, suspended, or expelled 

 for violation of the Constitution and By-laws, or for any other 

 offense deemed sufficient, by a vote of three-fourths of the 

 members and three-fourths of the fellows present at any regular 

 business meeting, provided that such action shall have been 

 recommended by the council at a regular business meeting, and 

 one month^s notice of such recommendation and of the offense 

 charged shall have been given the member accused. 



Mr. William E. Hiddkn read an informal paper on 



A NOTABLE DISCOVERY OF PRECIOUS STONES IN ALEXANDER 



COUNTY, N. C. 



On the 2d and 9tli of last August, discoveries of emeralds and 

 hiddenites were made at the mine of the Emerald and Hiddenite 

 Mining Co., Avhich are well worth noting before this Academy. 



Not since 1882 has such an important "find " been made at 

 this mine, and in several respects the last discovery exceeds 

 all previous record of this mine's output. 



lip to this year, the largest crystal found of the emerald-green 

 spodumene, known in the gem-markets as hiddenite and lithia 

 emerald, had only furnished a gem of two and five-eighths 

 karats weight, valued at about I3U0; but the " find " of August 

 2d will yield gems of perhaps double this weight, of very beauti- 

 ful color. One twin crystal (which is here exhibited) weighs 

 one-half ounce in its rough state, and has been appraised at 

 $900 valuation by a competent and well-known dealer in pre- 

 cious stones. Several of the best crystals are more than one 

 inch long, and are twinned like the last-mentioned crystal. In 

 ail about ten ounces of good material was found, out of which 

 twenty to thirty pieces will cut fine gems of high market value. 



