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JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 
June 6, 1859. 
The President, Dr. WistizENnvs, in the chair. 
Nine members present. 
Letters were read from I. A. Lapham, Milwaukie, May 21, 
1859, acknowledging the receipt of the Transactions, No. 3; 
from Gov. Ralph R. Lowe, Keokuk, Iowa, May 23, 1859, in 
reply to a letter of the Corresponding Secretary, requesting 
acopy of Prof. Halls Report of the Geological Survey of 
Iowa; from Prof. G. C. Swallow, Columbia, Mo., May 19, 1859, 
transmitting a paper, by Dr. B. F. Shumard, on the Geology 
of Ste. Geneviéve County, for publication. 
ep. . 
1857, Wash., 4to, 1858, from the Hon. Trusten Polk ; Canad 
Jour. of Ind. Sci. & Art, May, 1859, from the Canad. Insti- 
tute ; Explor. and Surveys of Pacific R. Routes, Vol. IX., 
Wash., 4to, from Dr. C. A. Popes. 
Dr. M. M. Pallen presented a dried specimen of the expel- 
led ovum-sack of a large marine mollusk, showing the embryos 
already formed, with some remarks on embryological devel- 
geological specimens from the Bosphorus; lead ores from 
mens and fossils from El Paso, N. Mex.; Cretaceous fossils 
from Texas and Arkansas ; gold and silver ores from Chihua- 
