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  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  85 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  process 
  employed 
  was 
  successful 
  ; 
  it 
  would 
  involve 
  great 
  

   expense 
  to 
  apply 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Mint 
  building, 
  but 
  could 
  be 
  used 
  econo- 
  

   mically 
  if 
  applied 
  to 
  each 
  separate 
  dressed 
  stone 
  before 
  being 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  walls. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Stout 
  suggested 
  that 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  samples 
  of 
  building 
  stone 
  

   should 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  Academy's 
  museum. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Stearns, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  committee 
  appointed 
  at 
  the 
  

   last 
  meeting, 
  submitted 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  Eesolutions 
  on 
  the 
  Death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  John 
  Torrey. 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  has 
  learned 
  of 
  tlie 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  

   eminent 
  Doctor 
  and 
  Professor 
  Jolm 
  'I'orrey, 
  an 
  honorary 
  member 
  and 
  warm 
  

   friend 
  of 
  this 
  Academy, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  personal 
  friend 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  its 
  members, 
  and 
  a 
  

   distinj^uished 
  scientist 
  : 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  Resolved 
  — 
  That 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  hereby 
  express 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   foundest 
  regret 
  at 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  its 
  esteemed 
  friend 
  and 
  late 
  member. 
  Prof. 
  John 
  

   Torrey, 
  and 
  lament 
  his 
  loss, 
  not 
  alone 
  in 
  its 
  public 
  aspect, 
  from 
  his 
  high 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  attainments, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  purity 
  of 
  his 
  private 
  character 
  and 
  the 
  many 
  estim- 
  

   able 
  qualities 
  which 
  endeared 
  him 
  to 
  his 
  fellow-men. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  — 
  That 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  

   their 
  deceased 
  friend 
  the 
  warmest 
  regard 
  and 
  sincerest 
  sympathy. 
  

  

  Resolved 
  — 
  That 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  these 
  resolutions 
  be 
  engrossed, 
  and 
  forwarded 
  to 
  

   the 
  family 
  of 
  the 
  deceased. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  May 
  5, 
  1873. 
  

  

  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  A. 
  P. 
  Moore 
  and 
  Wm. 
  W. 
  HoUister 
  were 
  elected 
  life 
  members, 
  

   and 
  0. 
  C. 
  Pratt 
  and 
  Charles 
  V. 
  B. 
  Reading 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  

   members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  The 
  first 
  shad 
  (^Alnisa 
  proistahllis, 
  

   De 
  Kay) 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  California 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Fish 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  California, 
  through 
  S. 
  R. 
  Throck- 
  

   morton. 
  Specimen 
  of 
  OrcJulla 
  from 
  Magdalena 
  Bay, 
  presented 
  by 
  

   George 
  Davidson. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Fishes, 
  Crustaceans, 
  Gorgonia, 
  Sil- 
  

  

  