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Cheeney to give a musical entertainment at an early date for the ben- 

 efit of the Academy. Mr. Cheeny, being present, described in brief 

 the sacred Cantata, ^' Egypta,'' which he desired to present, showing 

 photographs of costumes, etc. 



After some discussion the matter was referred to a committee con- 

 sisting of W. C. Putnam, Edward S. Hammatt, and C. E. Harrison, 

 with power to act. 



February 23, 18^4. — Regular Meeting. 



President Allen in the chair ; six members present. 



The Curator reported the donation of a number of stone and flint 

 implements collected by Capt. W. P. Hall. 



Mr. Edward Borcherdt and Dr A. Behr were elected to regular mem- 

 bership. 



The resignation of Mr. S. F. Smith as Trustee was presented and 

 accepted, and Mr. C. A. Ficke was elected to fill the vacancy thus 

 caused . 



The Entertainment Committee reported the acceptance of the oper- 

 etta " Egypta," its presentation to be deferred until May. 



It was announced that the executor of the estate of Edward New- 

 bold, a resident of Scott county who died a year or more ago making 

 the Academy of Sciences his residuary legatee, has paid over the sum 

 of I400, and that a further sum may be realized before the estate is 

 closed. 



A paper by Mr. John M. Helmick on a " Serpent Mound," discov- 

 ered by the author in South Dakota, was read and referred to the Pub- 

 lication Committee (See p. 150). 



Mr. Benjamin R. Putnam read a very interesting paper on the iron 

 and copper ores of Mount Hope, New York, and of the Lake Supe- 

 rior region ; illustrating the subject by specimens which he presented 

 to the Academy, accompanied by the following descriptive notes: 



NOTES ON SPECIMENS OF ORES PRESENTED BY B. R. PUTNAM TO THE 

 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO LOCALITIES. 



Mount Hope, N. J. 



Magnetite — Fe^ O^ — hom the mines of the Mount Hope Mining 



Company. 



Iron deposits of Northern New Jersey are nearly all lenticular beds 

 of magnetite occurring in archean gneiss and rarely in crystalline lime- 



