Proceedings 241 



Washington, D. C. — Bureau of American Ethnology: Annual Report, 



Vols, xvr, XVII. 

 Washington, D. C. — United States Geological Survey: Annual Report, 



Vol. XXI ; Bulletin, Nos. 163-176. 

 Washington, D. C. — National Museum: Bulletin, Vols, xlvii: 4; l: 1; 



Proceedings, Vol. xxii. 

 Washington, D. C. — Patent Office: Official Gazette, Vols, xciv-xcvii. 

 Washington, D. C. — Smithsonian Institution: Annual Report, 1898. 

 Washington, D. C. — Weather Bureau: Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 



xxix; Report, 1899. 

 Wiesbaden, Germany. — Naturhistorlscher Verein fiir Naturkunde: 



Jahrbuch, Vol. liii. 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society: An- 

 nual Report, 1900; Transactions, Nos. 57-59. 

 Zurich. Sivitzerland. — Naturforschende Gesellschaft: Vierteljahrschrift, 



Vols. xLv: 3, 4; xlvi: 1, 2. 



The following officers were elected : 



President, ------- C. W. Hall. 



Vice President, ----- O. W. Oestlund. 



Recording Secretary, - - - G. S. Beane. 



Corresponding Secretary, - - C. P. Berkey. 



Treasurer, ------- E. C. Gale. 



^ ■ ^ H. T. Eddy. 



Trustees, j ^^ ^^^^ 



President Hall then addressed the Academy on the Pro- 

 gress and Results of Scientific Research in Minnesota 

 J 

 257th Meeting, February 11, 1902. 



Seven present. 



Dr. J. K. Hosmer in the chair. 



Program : 



Studies in the Classification of Insects, by O. \\\ Oest- 

 lund. 



Origin and Distribution of Minnesota Clays, by C. P. 

 I')crkcy. 



[abstract] 



The paper presented was the result of the gathering of data on the 

 clay industry of Minnesota, together with a review of the known geol- 

 ogy of the state. The types of clays found and their occurrences were 

 enumerated and the origin of each type outlined. 



