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Mr. Thomas A. Fulton exhibited maps of Greater New York with the 

 contours designated by different colors and lines, and commented on the 

 significance of the elevations in connection with the water supply prob- 

 lem in the several boroughs. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves exhibited photographs of a maple tree near 

 Princes Bay, which was struck and completely destroyed by lightning 

 last summer and read a paper on " The Peculiar Action of Lightning on a 

 Maple Tree." (Printed in full in this issue, p. 35.) 



The meeting then adjourned. 



