Proceedings 221 



The chairman was authorized to arrange for a series of 

 ]K)])nIar meetings. 



245th Meeting, January 2, 1900. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Ten persons present. 

 The Secretary presided. 



Dr. C. P. Berkey gave a lecture on Cripple Creek and 

 Aspen : their Geology, Mining, History, and Scenery. 



[abstract.] 



The paper presented was the result of a trip to these camps as a 

 member of the field expedition of the School of Mines of the University 

 of Minnesota. The geologic structure of each camp was outlined, its 

 history as a producing camp was sketched, and these features together 

 with the magnificent scenery of these mountainous districts was illus- 

 trated by a series of photographs and lantern slides. A series of the. 

 characteristic ores and rock types of the districts was exhibited. 



246th Meeting, February 5, 1900. 



ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING. 



Room 21 Pillsbury Hall. 



Six persons present. 



Vice President Oestlund presiding. 



llie Recording Secretary reporterl $57 dues collected. 



A. D. Roe, elected curator by the board of trustees, re- 

 ])orted that the Philippine exhibit was opened at the Academy 

 Museum on Xov. 5, 1899, with an admission fee of ten cents, 

 children under 12, five cents, and that the receipts for the nine 

 weeks from Nov. 5, 1899, to Feb. 5, 1900, had been $358.85. 

 He had turned over $280 of this to the Treasurer. 



Report of the Corresponding Secretary of exchanges re- 

 ceived for the two years, 1898 and 1899: 



Agram, Hungary. — .Tugoslavenska Akademija: Ljetopis, Vols, xii, xiii; 

 Rad, Vols. XXIV, xxv, 



Albany. K. Y. — State Library: Annual Report, Vols, i.xxix, lxxx; Bul- 

 letin, Nos. 9-12. 



