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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  The 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary 
  read 
  a 
  circular 
  from 
  the 
  Agassiz 
  

   Memorial 
  Committee, 
  urging 
  scientific 
  men 
  everywhere 
  to 
  assist 
  

   in 
  placing 
  the 
  museum 
  founded 
  by 
  Agassiz 
  on 
  a 
  permanent 
  financial 
  

   footing. 
  

  

  Some 
  discussion 
  ensued 
  concerning 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  

   Constitution, 
  and 
  a 
  resolution 
  was 
  adopted 
  authorizing 
  the 
  Trustees 
  

   to 
  select 
  such 
  assistance, 
  from 
  the 
  Academy 
  at 
  large, 
  as 
  they 
  thought 
  

   proper, 
  and 
  prepare 
  a 
  Constitution, 
  to 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   within 
  six 
  months 
  from 
  date. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  April 
  20th, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Vice 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  election 
  of 
  new 
  members 
  was 
  postponed 
  until 
  the 
  next 
  meet- 
  

   ing. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Dr. 
  George 
  W. 
  Woods, 
  Surgeon 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  presented 
  through 
  his 
  brother, 
  I. 
  C. 
  Woods, 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  articles, 
  which 
  were 
  collected 
  during 
  four 
  years' 
  cruising 
  in 
  

   our 
  naval 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean 
  : 
  Ball 
  of 
  Sennit, 
  made 
  from 
  

   cocoanut 
  fiber, 
  from 
  Ponape, 
  Ascension 
  Island 
  ; 
  Mat 
  made 
  from 
  

   banana 
  leaf, 
  from 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  Belt 
  made 
  from 
  

   banana 
  leaf, 
  from 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  Matting 
  made 
  

   from 
  the 
  leaf 
  of 
  the 
  banana, 
  from 
  Ponape, 
  Ascension 
  Island 
  ; 
  Rope 
  

   made 
  from 
  cocoanut, 
  covered 
  with 
  banana 
  fiber, 
  from 
  Mulgrave 
  

   Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  Cocoanuts 
  for 
  carrying 
  water, 
  from 
  Ponape, 
  

   Ascension 
  Island 
  ; 
  Head 
  decorations, 
  from 
  Navigator 
  Islands 
  ; 
  

   Belts 
  made 
  from 
  banana 
  leaf, 
  woven 
  in 
  native 
  loom, 
  from 
  Caroline 
  

   Group 
  ; 
  Belts 
  made 
  from 
  banana 
  leaf, 
  woven 
  in 
  native 
  loom, 
  worn 
  

   by 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  Ponape, 
  Ascension 
  Island 
  ; 
  Neck 
  decorations, 
  

   from 
  Butari 
  Tari, 
  Marshall 
  Islands 
  ; 
  Grass 
  skirt, 
  from 
  Ponape, 
  

   x\scension 
  Island, 
  made 
  from 
  banana 
  leaf, 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Micronesia, 
  except 
  the 
  Marshall 
  group 
  ; 
  Bustle, 
  

   worn 
  with 
  the 
  grass 
  skirt, 
  by 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  

  

  