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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  M. 
  Adolphe 
  J. 
  L. 
  Que- 
  

   telet, 
  an 
  honorary 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  death 
  

   of 
  Leander 
  Kansom, 
  a 
  resident 
  member. 
  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  lat- 
  

   ter, 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  "Col. 
  Leander 
  Ransom's 
  name 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  records 
  at 
  

   the 
  second 
  meeting 
  after 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  

   April 
  11th, 
  1853, 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  onward 
  he 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  

   part 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Academy. 
  On 
  January 
  5th, 
  1854, 
  he 
  was 
  

   elected 
  Second 
  Vice 
  President; 
  on 
  January 
  7th, 
  1856, 
  elected 
  

   President, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  preside 
  as 
  first 
  officer 
  until 
  January, 
  

   1867 
  — 
  eleven 
  years. 
  

  

  " 
  His 
  scientific 
  papers 
  were 
  few, 
  yet 
  his 
  labors 
  in 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  

   science 
  and 
  his 
  warm 
  sympathy 
  and 
  support 
  of 
  those 
  more 
  actively 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  natural 
  history 
  studies, 
  call 
  forth 
  our 
  admiration, 
  more 
  

   especially 
  when 
  we 
  consider 
  that 
  in 
  those 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  gold-seek- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  local 
  excitements 
  of 
  one 
  kind 
  and 
  another, 
  came 
  the 
  cares 
  

   of 
  settling 
  a 
  family 
  in 
  an 
  unbuilt 
  city 
  ; 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  find 
  him 
  

   regularly 
  and 
  punctually 
  attending 
  the 
  weekly 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  for 
  so 
  many 
  years, 
  we 
  can 
  but 
  poorly 
  award 
  him 
  the 
  

   meed 
  of 
  praise. 
  We 
  might 
  go 
  on 
  in 
  words 
  to 
  extol 
  his 
  genial- 
  

   ity, 
  gentleness, 
  and 
  liberality, 
  yet 
  we 
  leave 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  

   Academy, 
  the 
  objects 
  he 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  museum, 
  and 
  books 
  he 
  

   contributed 
  to 
  the 
  library, 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  constant 
  memorial 
  of 
  his 
  worth 
  

   to 
  our 
  institution." 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  July 
  6th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Forty-five 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resident 
  members 
  were 
  elected 
  : 
  William 
  B. 
  May 
  

   and 
  C. 
  H. 
  Wakelee. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Ore 
  from 
  the 
  Little 
  Giant 
  mine, 
  San 
  

   Juan, 
  Colorado. 
  The 
  dark 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  yield 
  

   $20,000 
  per 
  ton. 
  Also, 
  specimens 
  of 
  argentiferous 
  galena, 
  and 
  of 
  

   silver 
  associated 
  with 
  heavy 
  spar. 
  T. 
  J. 
  Butler, 
  of 
  Redding, 
  pre 
  

  

  