JAN. 5, 1891.] TRANS. OF THE N. Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 49 
January dth, 1891. 
REGULAR BusiINeEss MEETING. 
VicE-PRESIDENT Dr. HussaArp in the chair. 
About forty persons present. 
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The following recommendations of the CouNCIL were read and 
approved, and the members mentioned duly elected :— 
I. The appropriation of $275.95 to pay outstanding bills ap- 
proved by the CoUNCIL. 
II. The election of Dr. OrvittE A. DerBy, of Rio Janeiro, 
Sonth America, as Corresponding Member, and Mr. J. Foster 
Hicerns as Resident Member. 
III. Acceptance of the resignation of Mrs. Marta J. Lams, 
IV. The appropriation of $25 for office expenses of the Re- 
cording Secretary. 
The Recording Secretary then presented the Revised By-Laws, 
as recommended by the CouNciL, and announced that action 
would be deferred to the next regular business meeting, Febru- 
ary 2d. <A copy of these proposed amendments was, by order of 
the Academy, mailed to each Resident Member and Fellow. 
Vice-PRESIDENT HUBBARD then announced the joint meeting 
of the Section of Mineralogy with the New York Mineralogical 
Club. 
Mr. Georce F, Kunz, acting as Secretary, read the minutes. 
Specimens were exhibited as follows : 
Quartz pseudomorphs from Hoxie’s Quarries, Paterson, N. J. 
Beryls, garnets, and orthoclase from Manhattan Island. 
Mr. Georee F, Kunz read a paper on 
THE DISCOVERY OF DIAMONDS AT PLUM CREEK, ROCK ELM 
TOWNSHIP, PEARCE COUNTY, WIS., 
and one on 
