PROCEEDINGS. 565 



March 16, 1896.— Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



The following resolutions were presented and unanimously adopted: 

 Be it resolved by the California Academy of Sciences: — ' 

 First — That the California Academy of Sciences is in full accord with 

 the Sierra Club of California in its opposition to all movements looking 

 toward the reduction in area of the United States forest reservations in 

 California and neighboring States. 



Second — That a copy of this resolution be sent to Honorable Hoke 

 Smith, Secretary of the Interior. 



The President announced, at the request of Dr. Joseph Le Conte, that 

 steps had been taken to establish a Huxley Memorial, and that donations 

 would be received by Dr. Le Conte or the Assistant Secretary of the Acad- 

 emy. 



The President made a statement of the financial condition of the Acad- 

 emy. 



Vice-President Kitter, on behalf of the Council, presented the following, 

 which was unanimously adopted: — 



Whereas, So largely are the prosperity and happiness of the people of 

 our country dependent upon the products of the soil, and so largely do the 

 extent and profitableness of these products depend upon the degree of sci- 

 entific knowledge with which agriculture is pursued, that any measure 

 which will increase the amount and efficiency of such knowledge ought to 

 receive the heartiest support of the whole people; and 



Whereas, It appears that such a measure is that now before the Con- 

 gress of the United States proposing to create the office of " Director-in- 

 Chief of Scientific Divisions" in the National Department of Agriculture, 

 the position to be filled by a person whose selection and tenure of office 

 shall be determined solely by his scientific and business qualifications; 

 therefore be it 



Resolved, That the California Academy of Sciences heartily approves 

 the proposition. 



Professor Fernando Sanford delivered a lecture entitled " Cathode Ra- 

 diation," with illustrations. 



April 6, 1896. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



M. W. Haskell, A. C. Lawson, F. W. Scaife, W. G. Curtis, W. E. Eck- 

 art, C. L. Cory, J. N. Le Conte, Julius Callandreau, and E. L. Grossman 

 were elected resident members. 



