﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  397 
  

  

  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  to 
  his 
  widow 
  and 
  family, 
  in 
  

   quarterly 
  installments 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  each. 
  

  

  (Signed) 
  . 
  HENRY 
  N. 
  BOLANDER. 
  

  

  HENRY 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  A. 
  KELLOGG, 
  M. 
  D. 
  

  

  ROBERT 
  E. 
  C. 
  STEARNS. 
  

  

  W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  HARFORD. 
  

  

  On 
  motion 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Fourgeaud, 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  was 
  

   unanimously 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  October 
  19th, 
  1874. 
  

   Vice 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Forty-five 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Dr. 
  E,. 
  K. 
  Reid, 
  of 
  Stockton, 
  pre- 
  

   sented, 
  through 
  C. 
  D. 
  Gibbes, 
  specimens 
  of 
  Wood 
  and 
  Fruit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Osage 
  Orange 
  {Madura 
  aurantiaca) 
  ; 
  also, 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Wood 
  

   of 
  the 
  Walnut, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  Calaveras. 
  Samuel 
  Purdy, 
  

   Esq., 
  presented 
  a 
  Collection 
  of 
  Silver 
  Ores 
  from 
  several 
  mines 
  in 
  

   Colorado. 
  D. 
  D. 
  Colton 
  presented 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  Geode. 
  H. 
  L. 
  

   Shackelford 
  presented 
  a 
  Skull, 
  suppo*^ed 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  

   Indian, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  lava 
  near 
  San 
  Francisquito 
  creek. 
  J. 
  

   P. 
  Dameron 
  presented 
  fifteen 
  specimens 
  of 
  Coal 
  and 
  Lignite, 
  

   found 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  California 
  and 
  Oregon. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Lynch 
  

   presented, 
  through 
  C. 
  D. 
  Gibbes, 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cinnabar 
  ore, 
  

   from 
  Napa 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  W. 
  G. 
  Blunt 
  presented 
  two 
  Skate's 
  

   Eggs, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  near 
  Point 
  Lobos. 
  Paymaster 
  Stanton, 
  

   U, 
  S. 
  N., 
  donated 
  specimen 
  of 
  " 
  King 
  Snake," 
  {Elaps 
  euryxan- 
  

   thus) 
  from 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  California. 
  Chas. 
  D. 
  Gibbes 
  presented 
  

   materials 
  showing 
  the 
  Dye 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  the 
  Osage 
  

   orange. 
  Henry 
  Edwards 
  presented 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crustacea, 
  

  

  