MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



January 2, 1908. — Regular Monthly Meeting. Reports 

 of committees and curators. Additions to the Library were 

 announced as follows : ' ' Annals of the Royal Observatory of 

 Belgium," "Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 dens." Announcement was made of the Mid-Winter Meeting 

 of the Delaware Valley Naturalists' Union to be held on Jan- 

 uary 25th, 1908. At the close of the business portion of the 

 meeting discussion of general scientific topics took place. 

 Lewis Kirk gave some interesting statistics concerning the 

 weather. T. Chalkley Palmer gave an account of certain 

 frauds in connection with the transmutation of metals and 

 described the production of an allotropic form of silver that 

 had the appearance of gold. Dr. Underhill presented a very 

 perfect specimen of trilobite. Mention was also made of a 

 supposed Indian Rock in this neighborhood, and it was sug- 

 gested that the Institute investigate the matter. 



January 9, 1908. — Adjourned Meeting. Dr. George H. 

 Wool folk, of the local office of the United States Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, at Chester, presented a paper on " Some 

 Facts Regarding Tuberculosis of Food Producing Animals 

 and Practical Meat Inspection." This was illustrated by 

 specimens, and was the first of a series of four meetings on 

 pure food. 



January 16, 1908. — Adjourned Meeting. Lecture on 

 " Patent Medicines in the Light of the Pure Food Law," by 

 Dr. I. V. Stanley Stanislaus, Professor of Pharmaceutical 

 Chemistry in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. 



January 23, 1908. — Adjourned Meeting. Lecture, "The 

 Question of Pure Milk," by Dr. J. Clinton Starbuck, Media. 



January 30, 1908. — Adjourned Meeting. Lecture, "The 

 Administration of the Pure Food Law," by Prof. C. B. 

 Cochran, of the West Chester State Normal School. Speci- 

 mens illustrating: adulteration were exhibited. 



