366 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



October 19, 1891.— Stated Mketinu. 

 The President in the chair. 



Donations to the Museum were reported from C. S. Capp, W. S. Bliss, 

 W. O. Cullen, F. O. Johnson, Charles A. Keeler, Walter E. Bryant and 

 Charles H. Townsend. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents : 1 IfJ 



By purchase 257 



By donation 27 



A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. B. Frank Leeds for his valuable 

 donation of 26 volumes to the library. 



Specimens of different mineral substances from the Yellowstone National 

 Park were presented by G. P. Rixford. 



Charles H. Gilbert read a paper on the Deep Sea Work of the U. S. F. 

 (!. S. Albatross. 



November 2, 1891. — St.\ted Meeting. 

 The President in the chair. 



The following were proposed for honorary membership: Otto Stoll, 

 Sereno Watson, W. H. Brewer, George F. Goodale, J. A. Allen and Her- 

 man Graf zu Solms-Laubach. 



Additions to Library: 



From correspondents 108 



By purchase 46 



By donation 112 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to the State Mining Bureau, Dr. 

 Harkness, T. S. Brandegee and the Zoe Publishing Company for valuable 

 donations to the Library. 



A communication from Lieutenant John P. Finley was read, conveying 

 the information of his relief from duty as officer in charge of the Pacific 

 Coast Weather Service and announcing his departure from San Francisco. 



Voted, that " The Secretary of the Academy be requested to communi- 

 cate to Lieutenant John P. Finley that this Academy deeply regrets his 

 departure from this field of labor to which he is so pre-eminently fitted, 

 and desires to express its appreciation of the valuable services to science 

 performed by him while in charge of this division. Also to convey to him 

 the thanks of the A.cademy for many courtesies extended by him and to 

 assure him of its best wishes for his future welfare." 



O. P. Jenkins delivered a lecture on the ultimate structure of muscle 

 and nerve and modern appliances used in their investigation. 



