JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 107 
Esq., of ct acknowledging his election as a Corres- 
— mber. 
5 ys a Med. & Sur. Jour., Jan, 1858, was received 
Fea ihe 
An aaa oe series * models of the various forms of erystali- 
zation were presented by Mr. . Bender. 
Dr. A. Wislizenus read a paper containing his Meteorologi- 
cal Observations, at St. Louis, for the ord mwah The paper 
was ordered to be published in t ransact 
The President made the following report of th the progress of 
the per bea during the past year: 
Report of the President, on the progress of the "Academy 
duri uring the year 1857 
MUSEUM. 
The additions to the Museum, a the past year, have been unusually 
pg thee rn Seat oe eee : Lom hepny bias Oe aa 
with the Academy of Natural 
Seieiees of Philadephia, in the mal collection of fossil re made 
‘Dr. F. V. Hayden the cretaceous y f ions of the 
Mauvaises es of Nebra La yp it ae an Sag r Missouri 
country “To the generous donation of Chas. P Chanteas, fon in 1856, 
of one-fourth of this , has been - fourth, by purchase, 
from Col. A.J. Vaughan, U.S. Indian Agent, who, being desirous that his 
portion should remain in our city, consented to sell it to the Academy at a 
Peg png ge tae alle ol fine ates. pe pleeror® ip-akt on fe 
Hae Sh sat Ge er iy, iio takes friend, sat 
