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^^ President, - - - A. F. Elliot. 



^MHjk Vice-President, J. A. Dodge. 



I^^^^B Recording Secretary, C. W. Hall. 



^^^^^B Treasurer, - N. H. Hemiup. 



^^^^^(P Corresponding Secretary, W. H. Leonard. 



Trustees for three years, \ J- g- talker, 



^ :/ ' ( R. E. Gnmshaw. 



February 3, 1885. 

 Six pei-sons present . 

 President Elliot presented a ston? hammer found near Otsego, Wright 

 County, in 1881. 



H. L. Gordon presented a stone hammer used in making pemmican 

 by the Indians living near Fort Abercrombie. It was picked up by the donor 

 near that place in 1871. Weight 13 pounds. 



N. H. Hemiup, " chairman of the section of Astronomy, read 

 two short papers: 



1. "Encke's Comet." 



2. ^'Biela's Lost Comet." 



The president announced two changes had occurred in the 

 chairmanships of sections, as follows: 



Section Invertebrate Zoology, L. W. Chaney, Jr.. chairman, 

 in place of R. J. Mendenhall. 



Section Microscopy, P. L. Hatch in place of J. McGolrick. 



There were also two or three vacancies which would soon be 

 filled; otherwise the heads of the sections remain unchanged*. 



March 3, 1885. 



Tw3nty persons present. 



Secretary Hall read some notes on the progress of Miner- 

 alogy during the year 1884, giving some of the results reached in 

 this field of research and the names of the investigators who were 

 most diligent in the work in this country and in Europe. 



President Elliot spoke for a few minutes of his visit to New 

 Orleans. What he said related particularly to the location of the 

 city; its system of sewage and its sanitary conditions. 



The president presented several geological reports. 



Warren Upham introduced the report of the section of botany 

 by brief outline of what were deemed to be the most marked 

 triumphs of botanists throughout the world during the year 1884. 

 Mr. Upham further occupied some minutes in giving the Academy 



♦See list for 18S4, p. 10. 



