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fences and in some few cases they have been used for foundation 
walls. ‘Those observed seemed to be in a good state of preserva- 
tion. The rock also occurs in the drift in the town of Spafford. 
Dr. S. E. Crane reports finding fragments of sandstone in 
that locality containing specimens of Orthis lipparionyx and 
Spirifer arenosus. 
It is reported that the Oriskany sandstone is twenty feet 
thick in the Tully salt wells. Luther publishes a section showing 
this in the State report, 1895. 
The papers were discussed by Dr. C. W. Hargitt, and Mr. 
Horace W. Britcher. 
APRIL, 21, 1899. 
THIRTIETH REGULAR MEETING. 
The president, Dr. JouN VAN Duyn, in the chair. 
About forty-five persons present. 
The report of the council recommended : 
(1) The payment of several printing bills amounting to 
$36.00. 
(2) ‘The election of Dr. W. P. Graham to active member- 
ship and Guy A. Bailey to associate membership. 
(3) That the resignation of Dr. W. M. Beauchamp as 
councilor be accepted and that the secretary notify him of our 
regret at losing him as a director. 
(4) That his successor be elected at the May meeting. 
The report was adopted, and the candidates elected by 
formal ballot. 
The program for the evening consisted of an examination of 
many low forms of life under the microscope. ‘These were 
arranged for exhibition in the laboratory of the College of Medi- 
cine. Later in the evening the meeting adjourned to one of the 
lecture rooms where a series of microscopic slides were projected 
upon the screen. The slides were prepared by Dr. A. C. Mercer, 
Dr. J. Van Duyn, Dr. C. W. Hargitt, and Mr. C. G. Rogers. 
