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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  He 
  commenced 
  his 
  scientific 
  labors 
  when 
  quite 
  a 
  young 
  man, 
  having 
  joined, 
  

   soon 
  after 
  finishing 
  his 
  University 
  course, 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Greological 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   Austria, 
  where 
  he 
  soon 
  displayed 
  great 
  ability 
  as 
  a 
  palaeontologist, 
  and 
  by 
  his 
  

   investigations 
  among 
  the 
  recent 
  and 
  fossil 
  Bryozoa. 
  He 
  joined 
  the 
  British 
  

   Indian 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  corps 
  in 
  1862,and 
  worked 
  hard 
  and 
  well 
  in 
  this 
  service, 
  

   both 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  the 
  closet, 
  as 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Survey 
  and 
  his 
  many 
  

   papers 
  in 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  various 
  scientific 
  societies 
  attest. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Stoliczka's 
  researches 
  were 
  not 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  

   as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  numerous 
  fossils 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  ; 
  for 
  besides 
  his 
  geological 
  

   memoirs, 
  his 
  numerous 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  India, 
  including 
  all 
  

   divisions 
  of 
  animal 
  life, 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  mammals 
  to 
  the 
  Aclinozoa, 
  display 
  his 
  

   varied 
  knowledge 
  and 
  breadth 
  of 
  study. 
  

  

  His 
  prepossessing 
  appearance, 
  amiable 
  and 
  excellent 
  character, 
  and 
  high 
  

   culture, 
  gave 
  him 
  a, 
  personnel 
  altogether 
  attractive, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  much 
  beloved 
  and 
  

   esteemed 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  his 
  acquaintance. 
  He 
  died 
  while 
  in 
  

   the 
  prime 
  of 
  life, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  his 
  scientific 
  labors, 
  not 
  full 
  of 
  years, 
  but 
  

   nevertheless 
  full 
  of 
  honors. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  September 
  7th, 
  1874. 
  

   Vice 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Thirty-five 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  On 
  ballot, 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  duly 
  elected 
  : 
  B. 
  F. 
  

   Sherwood, 
  life 
  member 
  ; 
  Charles 
  Wolcott 
  Brooks, 
  James 
  A. 
  Way- 
  

   mire, 
  Frank 
  P. 
  McLean, 
  Abel 
  T. 
  Winn, 
  Fred. 
  T. 
  Newberry, 
  Chas. 
  

   Sonntag, 
  Charles 
  M. 
  Blake, 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  B. 
  Swan, 
  resident 
  members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  Shells 
  from 
  Tahiti, 
  

   embracing 
  338 
  specimens, 
  presented 
  by 
  Captain 
  M. 
  Turner 
  ; 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  the 
  Porcupine 
  Fish, 
  from 
  the 
  Society 
  Islands, 
  also 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Captain 
  Turner; 
  curious 
  deposits 
  from 
  a 
  mineral 
  spring 
  in 
  

   Lower 
  California, 
  received 
  from 
  David 
  Turner, 
  United 
  States 
  Con- 
  

   sul 
  at 
  La 
  Paz 
  ; 
  a 
  deep-sea 
  Crab, 
  of 
  enormous 
  size, 
  from 
  the 
  office 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  ; 
  jar 
  of 
  alcoholic 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Fish, 
  from 
  Captain 
  Lawson, 
  of 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  ; 
  species 
  of 
  Eel, 
  

   from 
  Captain 
  Scammon 
  ; 
  two 
  aquatic 
  Birds, 
  mounted, 
  from 
  E. 
  F. 
  

   Lorquin 
  ; 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crustacea, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Burling 
  ; 
  curious 
  Larva 
  

   Cases, 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  creek 
  at 
  Saucelito, 
  from 
  John 
  H. 
  Turney. 
  

  

  