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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  a 
  balance 
  on 
  hand, 
  of 
  -$1,568.45. 
  On 
  motion, 
  the 
  report 
  was 
  ac- 
  

   cepted 
  and 
  ordered 
  filed. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  election 
  being 
  now 
  in 
  order, 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  

   were 
  elected 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  for 
  the 
  current 
  year 
  : 
  

  

  PRESIDENT. 
  

  

  GEORGE 
  DAVIDSON. 
  

  

  VICE-PEESIDENT 
  : 
  TREASURER 
  : 
  

  

  JOHN 
  HEWSTON, 
  Jr. 
  ELISHA 
  BROOKS. 
  

  

  COEBESPONDING 
  SECRETARY 
  : 
  

  

  HENRY 
  G. 
  HANKS. 
  

  

  LIBR.\EIAN 
  : 
  

  

  C. 
  N. 
  ELLINWOOD, 
  M.D. 
  

  

  RECORDING 
  SECRETARY 
  t 
  

  

  CHARLES 
  G. 
  YALE. 
  

  

  DIRECTOR 
  OF 
  MUSEUM 
  : 
  

  

  H. 
  G. 
  BLOOMER. 
  

  

  TRUSTEES.* 
  

  

  ROBERT 
  E. 
  C. 
  STEARNS. 
  I 
  OLIVER 
  ELDRIDGE. 
  

  

  THOMAS 
  P. 
  MADDEN. 
  d. 
  D. 
  COLTON. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Stout 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Chemistry 
  of 
  Great 
  Fires," 
  

   referring 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  certain 
  phenomena 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  recent 
  disastrous 
  fire 
  at 
  Boston. 
  The 
  views 
  advanced 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Stout 
  elicited 
  much 
  discussion, 
  Dr. 
  Blake 
  and 
  others 
  dissenting. 
  

  

  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Forty 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  J. 
  P. 
  Jones, 
  A. 
  A. 
  Gansl, 
  Tiburcio 
  Parrott, 
  and 
  George 
  T. 
  

   lilarye, 
  Jr., 
  were 
  elected 
  life 
  members 
  ; 
  and 
  S. 
  P. 
  Middleton, 
  and 
  

   'E. 
  L. 
  Beard, 
  resident 
  members 
  ; 
  Montgomery 
  P. 
  Fletcher, 
  and 
  

   Caspar 
  Schenck, 
  were 
  elected 
  corresponding 
  members. 
  

  

  Robt. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  life 
  member, 
  on 
  recommenda- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Trustees, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  services 
  rendered 
  to 
  the 
  

   Academy. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  President, 
  Treasurer 
  and 
  Recording 
  Secretary, 
  are 
  Trustees 
  ex-offido. 
  

  

  