122 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [JAN. 22, 
REGULAR Business MEETING. 
January 8th, 1894. 
There was no quorum present for the transaction of business. 
Prof. D. S. Martin remarked on the present rates of postage 
on natural history specimens, and the earnest desire of students 
for their modification. 
STATED MEETING. 
January 15th, 1894. 
Prof. J. K. Rees in the chair and twenty-four persons present 
SECTION OF ASTRONOMY AND PHysICs. 
Prof. M. I. Pupin read a paper on “ Electrical Resonance,” 
illustrated by experiments. 
STATED MEETING. 
January 22d, 1894. 
Dr. E. 8. F. ARNonD in the chair and twenty-seven persons 
present. 
SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, 
The following papers were read : 
“Observations on an Auriferous Deposit in Buckingham 
county, Va.,” by Prof. P. deP. Ricketts. 
“ Account of the American Museum of Natural History Field 
Expedition of 1893,” by Mr. J. L. Wortman. 
Some Further Notes on the Geology of the North Shore 
of Long Island. 
BY ARTHUR HOLLICK, 
In two previous contributions* I gave accounts of what was 
known or inferred in regard to the geological history of Long 
** Plant Distribution as a Factor in the Interpretation of Geological Phe- 
nomena, with Special Reference to Long Island and Vicinity.” Trans. N.Y. 
Acad. Sei. 12: 189-202 (1893). ‘ Preliminary Contribution to Our Knowledge of 
the Cretaceous Formation on Long Island and Eastward.” Trans. N. Y. Acad. 
Sci. 12 : 222-237, pl. 5-7 (1893). 
