Proceedings. 297 



Public Library Museum and National Gallery: Prodromus of Zool- 

 ogy of Victoria; Decades 16, 17, 18; Report of trustees, 1887. 



Royal Society of New South Wales : Journal and Proceedings, Vol. 

 XXII, Parts I and 2. 

 Turin, Italy. — Museums of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy: Bulletin, 

 Vol. Ill, Nos. 49 to 52, and plate No. 3 ; Vol. iv, Nos. 53 to 61 and 

 plate No. I. 



Officers were elected for the year 1890 as follows : 

 President, - - - - - P. L. Hatch. 

 Vice President, - - - H. F. Nachtrieb. 

 Recording Secretary, - - - - C. W. Hall. 

 Treasurer, .--... Edward C. Gale. 

 Corresponding Secretary, - Chas. S. Fellows. 



Leonard. 

 Hall. 



T . / .7 ( W. H. 



I rnstees for three years, < ^ t^ 



January 1 6, 1 890. 



In the records of the Board of Trustees under this date, the 

 following preamble and resolutions appear : 



Whereas, Dr. A. F. Elliot has now retired from the Presidency of the 

 Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences and from membership in this 

 Board ; 



Resolved, that the Board of Trustees recognize in this retirement the 

 loss of a tireless worker, one who at all times and under all circumstances, 

 was loyal to the interests of the Academy and eager to advance its work in 

 the community, and one whose enthusiasm in this work commanded the 

 respect of all ; 



Resolved, That we extend our thanks as a Board to Dr. Elliot for his 

 efficient labors as President during the past eight years, and that we wish 

 him a speedy and perfect recovery to many years more of work in advanc- 

 ing the interests of this Academy ; 



Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the forthcoming Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy. 



February 4, 1 890. 



Twenty-live persons present. 



The following communications were read : 



From J. S. Harris, touching the native plum in Minnesota. 



The writer believed that this fruit had developed its many varieties 

 through its cultivation by the Prehistoric tribes of the Mississippi valley, 

 and thought that further cultivation by horticulturists would finally de- 

 velop a perfect and valuable native fruit. 



From G. Brown Goode, informing the Academy how to 

 solicit collections from the Smithsonian Institution. 



