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From Capt. Russell, four packages of seeds from 



Mexico. 



From Dr. Eckel, specimens of Copper ; also, of 

 petrified wood, from Arizona. 



San Francisco, May 19, 1856. 



President in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Dr. Stillman, specimens of Bulimus, from 

 Los Moras, Texas. 



From Mr. Sherman Day, specimens of Trachyte 

 and Volcanic Tufa, from near Carson's Pass. 



Several specimens of Geodes, from near Volcano, 

 Amador county, were deposited by Mr. H. Camp. 



A very large Patella, from La Paz, was deposited 

 by Capt Russell. 



San Francisco, May 26, 1856. 



President in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Mr. S. W. Levy, specimens of Phrynosoma, 

 from Knight's Ferry. 



From Mr. E. Mangan, a specimen of Chromic Iron 

 from the foot hills west of Tulare Lake. 



From Mr Joseph Briton, specimens of fossils from 

 Monte Diabolo. The thanks of the Academy were 

 voted for the above donations. 



San Francisco, June 2, 1856. 

 President in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet, 



From Mr. A. Frieck, specimens of fruits, lava, etc., 

 from the Sandwich Islands. 



From Mr. Joshua E. Clayton, specimens of ore?, 

 etc., from Mariposa county. 



From Mrs. T. J. Nevins, a collection of flowers 

 from Alameda. The thanks of the Academy were 

 voted for the above donations. 



From the Boston Society of Natural History, was 

 received a copy of their proceedings, Vol. 5, pp. 305, 

 320. 



San Francisco, June 16, 1856. 



President in the chair. 



Mr. Moss was elected a Resident Member ( f the 

 Academy. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Capt. T. D. Johns, fossil cetaceau vertebral, 

 from Coose Bay. 



From Mr. Jerome Brown, Shaw's Flat, Tuolumne 

 county, Mastodon teeth, from Stone Gulch. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the 

 above donations. 



From Dr. Trask, 126 species of Achatiaclla, from 

 the Hawaiian Islands. 



Donations to the Library 



From Mr. Nevins, Patent Office Report for 1853, 

 and the Ninth Annual Report of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. 



San Francisco, July 7, 1856. 

 President in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Mr. F. Bonard, specimens of Lava from 

 Mauna Loa 



From Mr. McMullen, specimens of birds, from the 

 Cosumues river. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the 

 above donations. 



From Col. Ransom, a specimen of foliated Graphite, 

 found fifty miles east of San Bernardino. 



Donations to the Library. 



From Dr. Eckel, Biblio<heca Historico-Geograph 

 ica. 2 vols., and Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis, 

 2 vols. 



Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural His- 

 tory, Charleston, S. C, from the Society. 



Reports of explorations for a Pacific Railroad. 



San Francisco, July 21, 1856. 



President in the chair. 



Donations to the Cabinet. 



From Dr. Stillman, Crustacea and Echinodermata 

 from Panama Bay. 



From Mr. T. J. Barnes, silicified wood from Ar- 

 kansas Diggings, Amador county. 



From Miss K. Palmer, the nest of a humming bird, 

 from Alameda 



From Mr. Hough, of Oakland, the fruit of Ribes 

 aureum and a specimen of Sarcodes sanguined. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted for the 

 above donations. 



From Dr. Trask, specimens of coal with fossil 

 Equiaetaceae, fr^m Scotland; also, several speci- 

 mens of Eutainia. 



From Mr. Isaac Lee, was received a pamphlet, con- 

 taining several papers published by him. 



Letters were read from the Royal Society of Lon- 

 dou, Prof J. Henry and Lieut. M. F. Maury. 



San Francisco, July 28, 1856. 



President in the Cliair. 



The following amendments to the By-Laws were 

 unanimously adopted : 



'■ From and after this date, no matters for exhibi- 

 tion presented by any resident member, shall be en- 

 tered on the minutes of the association." 



" The publication of any paper in the departments 

 of Zoology and Botany, must be accompanied by the 

 specimens described or drawings of the same, in fit 

 condition Tor preservation, which shall become the 

 property of tin; association." 



Mr. A F. Beardslee deposited for the Library, 

 MiohauxA Nnttall's North American Sylva; also a 

 pamphlet containing descriptions of new coniferous 

 trees of California. 



Ii. B. Bedding & Co, prewnted one volume of the 



Democratic Stair Journal. 



