114 MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



During the summer months the meetings of the Acad- 

 emy had never been very regular, but there appears no 

 record of a meeting from April IT, 1854, until February 13, 

 1855, a period of almost a year. 



Cleveland, February 13, 1855. 



The Academy met in Prof- Kirtland's room, and, after 

 being organized, adjourned to the Lecture Room of the 

 3Iedical College, where a lecture was delivered by Prof. 

 Jehu Brainerd, on the " Influence of the Study of the 

 Natural Sciences on the Young.'''' 



Alter the lecture, again adjourning to Prof. Kirtland's 

 room, the meeting was reorganized and proceeded to the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year. The following 

 gentlemen were elected: 



President— Vvoi. J. P. Kirtland. 

 First Vice President— Dr. T. Garlick, 

 Second Vice Pj-esident-Dr. J. Lang Cassels, 

 Third Vice President— ^vfvs K. Winslow. 



Curators. 



Prof. J. P. Kirtland, Hon. William Case, 



" J. Lang Cassels, R. K. Winslow, 



" Samuel St. John, B. A. Stanard, 



" Jehu Brainerd, J. Kirkpatrick. 



Recording Secretary— Di: J. S. Newberry. 



Corresjyonding Secretary — Samuel St. John. 



A very valuable collection of East India curiosities was 

 presented by Mr. P. R. Hunt, Argentiferous Galena by W. 

 W. Leeland, Esq., and a fine fossil fish b}'- W. C. Turner, 

 Esq., to all of whom thanks were voted b}^ the Academy. 



Tiie committee to whom was referred Mr. Olmstead's 

 paper on the genus Coregonus reported in favor of its 

 publication. 



