566 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Harold W. Fairbanks, W. L. Jepson, and Beverly Letcher were pro- 

 posed for membership. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from L. Belding and S. Groze- 

 lier. 



Additions to the Herbarium were reported from M. A. Howe, Carl Pur- 

 dy; Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Washington; Mrs. Elwood 

 Cooper, L. Jared, C. F. Sonne, and Mrs. L. Trask; also 160 Hawaiian 

 plants purchased by the Curator. 



Additions to the Library: 



From correspondents 152 



By purchase 65 



By donation 9 



Dr. Frank Angell delivered a lecture entitled " Realities, Illusions, and 

 Hallucinations." 



4 April 20, 1896. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Mr. Charles A. Keeler delivered a lecture on "Natural Selection and 

 Heredity." 



May 4, 1896.— Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President Bitter in the chair. 



Professor Bernard Moses read a paper on "The Economic Aspect of 

 Spanish Rule in America." 



May 18, 1896.— Stated Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



Luke Robinson, Walter S. Thome, William M. Pierson, Mrs. E. M. 

 Davis, Frank T. Green, and C. E. Grunsky were proposed for member- 

 ship. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from Mrs. Albert Buhner. 



Additions to the Herbarium were reported from J. W. Congdon, Mrs. 

 Grace Hall; Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass.; Mr. Leckenby, F. W. 

 Hubby, C. F. Sonne, Galen Clark, and George M. Rolpk; also, in ex- 

 change, 100 plants from Canadian Geological Survey, collected ohierly 

 near Behring Sea, and 23 plants from Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, of 

 Australia. 



