Proceedings. 17 



January 0.1885. 



Twenty-three person? present. 



The secretary read a paper from Mr. Geo. R. Stuutz, of Du- 

 luth, entitled "The Mound Builders in Northeastern Minnesota; 

 Their Occupations and Routes of Travel." 



[See paper L. ] 



N. H. Heraiap brought up the question of aiding the pupils 

 of the public schools to organize a Natural History society. S. C. 

 Gale spoke strongly in favor of the policy of encouraging pupils 

 of every grade of advancement to an interest in scientific subjects. 



So far as it pertained to opening the hall of the Academy the 

 matter was placed in charge of Judge Heminp. 



The reports of the retiring officers were listened to. Among 

 them was the following from the Corresponding Secretary, Dr. W. 

 H. Leonard, of publications received during the year 1884: 



THE UNITED STATES. 



tJAiiiFORNiA. — San Francisco, — Academy of Natural Sciences: Bulletin No. 1, 



1884. 

 Connecticut — New Haven. — Academy of Arts and Sciences: Transactions, 



Vol. VI, Pt. 1. 

 D. C. — Washington. — Congressional Library: Report of Tariff Commis- 

 sion; Report of Yorktown Commission; Pioceedings of 

 Congress on Presentation of Jefferson's Desk. 

 —Patent Office: List of Inventions; Official Gazette; Vols. 

 26 (13 Nos.,) 27 (13 Nos.,) 28 (14 Nos.) and 29 (13 Nos.) 

 —Smithsonian Institution: Report of Regents, 1882; An- 

 nual Report of Bureau of E'linolog}^ 1880-1. 

 — U. S. Fish Commission: Report for 1880. 

 — U. S. Geological Survey: Geological Survey, Vol. in; 

 Map ; Mineral Resoun-es, 1883. 

 Indiana — Indianapolis. — Geological Survey ; Geological and Natural History 



Report, 1883. 

 lowA. — State Board of Health: 1st and 2nd Biennial Reports; Typhoid Fever: 



nature, causes, etc. ; Preventitive Medicine. 

 Massachusetts— ^(?«^o;i.— Society of Natural History: Proceedings, Vol. 22, 

 Pts. 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

 - (7</w^/-2i<;^,</^.- Museum of Comparative Zoology : Vols, i, u, 

 III, v, VI, VII, vJii, IX, X, XI and xii; 25th An- 

 nual Report of Curator, 1884-85. 

 — Salem. — American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science: Proceedings, 1883. 

 — Essex Institute : North American Reptiles. 



