638 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



December 3, 1894. — Stated Meeting. 

 The PRE.SIDENT in the chair. 



Donations to the museum were reported from Fred Glidden, T. Euomato, 

 John I. Carlson and Cajit. J. N. Knowles. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents 112 



By purchase 25 



By donation 6 



Irving M. Scott addressed the Academy on "Ourselves; or the Condi- 

 tion of California as compared with Older States." 



The following paper was read by title: 



Catalogue of Marine Shells collected chiefly on the Eastern Shore of 

 Lower California for the California Academy of Sciences during 1891-2. 

 By J. G. Cooper. 



December 17, 1894. — Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



The Committee on Forest Eeservations made the following report, which 

 was unanimoiisly adopted: 



WHEREA.S, Several bills and amendments to the bill to protect foi'est res- 

 ervations are now before Congress; and 



Whereas, These bills and amendments propose to eliminate from the 

 reservations all lands which their supporters claim to be more valuable for 

 agricultiire than for forest purposes: 



Therefore, he it Resolved, That this, the California Academy of Sciences, 

 strenuously opposes any reduction whatever of the forest reservations in 

 the United States, and especially those in California, for the following 

 reasons : 



There are no timber lands in any of the forest reservations of California 

 which are more valuable for agriculture than for timber, water sheds and 

 recreation grounds for the people at large, although unscrupulous specu- 

 lators in timber and timber lands would have no difficulty in finding peoi^le 

 who would be willing to testify to the contrary. 



The forest reservations and public i^arks so wisely set aside by Congress 

 for the use of this and future generations are not too large, but should be 

 extended to other parts of the State, and any infringement on them would 

 be greatly detrimental to the agricultural interest which depends upon them 

 as water sheds for irrigation purposes. The real agricultural lands of this 

 State are those which are irrigated, the supply of water depending greatly 

 upon the preservation of the forests to protect the snow in the moimtains. 

 With the denudation of these mountains the supjily of water for irrigation 



