June 6, 1870. 



The President in the chair. 



Six members present. 



Dr. Wish'zenus announced the sudden death, at Salt Lake City, 

 Utah, on the 4th of June last, of our associate member, Mr. Spen- 

 cer Smith, one of the oldest and most active members of the So- 

 ciety ; whereupon resolutions commemorative of the deceased were 

 adopted as follows : 



" That by the unexpected decease of Prof. Spencer Smith the 

 Academy has lost one of its oldest and worthiest associates, a man 

 of high intellectual attainments, a true devotee to science for 

 science's sake, a zealous explorer after truth in natural philosophy 

 and natural sciences. 



" That by his services as our Secretary for many years, and by 

 his unremitting attention to the interests of the Society, our de- 

 parted friend has well earned the grateful remembrance of the 

 Academy, and that his loss will be long felt in our midst. 



" That his long and successful activity in this city, his devotion 

 to the rational pursuits of life, his strict integrity and righteous 

 character, have justly entitled him to the deep regrets of a large 

 number of friends who deplore that his useful career has been cut 

 off too soon. 



" That as a last tribute to his merits we will follow his earthly 

 remains to their la^t resting place, and communicate these resolu- 

 tions to his family as expressions of sympathy with their sad be- 

 reavement." 



Dr. G. H. E. Baumgarten donated to the library a collection of 

 books, partly from the library of his late father, Dr. F. E. Baum- 

 garten, and partly from his own, being two quartos, fourteen bound 

 octavos, and twelve pamphlets. 



Dr. John Green exhibited a mould fungus {^Aspergillus) taken 

 from the external auditory meatus of a man ; it had set up a mod- 

 erate degree of inflammation of the dermis of the meatus and of 

 the membrana tynipani. 



yune 20, 1870. 



The President in the chair. 

 Five members present. 

 Lieut. Clifford presented for the museum some specimens of 



