22 Proceedings. 



to a communication from Anna M. Briggs of Briggs Lake, Min- 

 nesota, offering for sale a collection of mounted birds. 



Professor L. W. Chaney, Jr., exhibited and described the 

 sledge microtome manufactured by theBansch and Lomb Optical Co. 



Dr. Charles N. Hewitt read a paper for the section of Sanitary 

 Science on "the water of Artesian wells; its quality and the pos- 

 sibility of its becoming a source of Supply in Minnesota." 



Secretary Hall followed with a paper on "the geological con- 

 ditions which control Artesian well boring in Minnesota." A 

 series of sections was shown illustrating the depth of the leading 

 Artesian wells of Minnesota and the position of the several water- 

 bearing strata of the Southeastern portion of the State. 



[See paper S.] 



December 8, 1885. 



Thirteen persons present. 



F. L. Washburn was elected a member. 



Professor H. F. Nachtrieb of the University of Minnesota 

 gave an interesting account of life at a seaside laboratory. 



The account was base 1 oa incidents of personal experience at the Chesa- 

 peake biological laboratory located at Beaufort, N. C. The speaker outlined 

 some of the methods pursued in collecting and preserving material for study, 

 stating points not disputed but universally accepted by workers touching the 

 possession of the same, and detailing the various ways of working up the sup. 

 plies of material constantly on hand. 



Rev. Dr. Hovey and F. L. Washburn followed with pleasant reminiscences, 

 of laboratory life. 



January 5, 1886. 

 Eight persons present. 



As this was the annual meeting of the Academy the reports of 

 the retiring officers was the first order of business. 



The following is the report of the corresponding secretary: 



1885. 



THE UNITED STATES. 



Califounia — San Di go. — Society of Natural History: West American 

 Scientist, October, 1885. 

 San P^rancisco. — Academy of Natural Sciences: Bulletins Nos. 

 2 and 3. 

 C01.011XDO— Denver. — Colorado Scientific Society. Proceedings, Vol. i, 83-84. 

 Connecticut — Hartford. — Historical Society. Collections, Vol. i and 11. 

 Meriden — Scientific Association. Transactions, Vol. i, 1884. 

 New Haven. — Academy of Arts and Sciences. Transactions^ 

 Vol. VI, Pt. 3. 



