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President, Joseph Delajield; 1st V. President, Abraham Halsey; 

 2d V. President, J. E. Dekay ; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. 

 Van Rensselaer; Recording Secretary, Dr. L. D. Gale-, Treasu- 

 rer, Wm. Cooper; Librarian, James E. Dekay. 



March. — Prof. Torrey read an interesting communication from 

 Dr. Johnson, of Chiapas, on the history of the Mexican Albinos, and 

 was requested to forward the communication to Prof. Silliman for 

 publication. 



April. — Dr. Gale read a paper, entitled " Observations on the 

 bases of the alkaline earths, earths proper, new method of separating 

 some of these bases, and on the new metals, Thorium, Pluranium, 

 Ruthenium and Vanadium. 



Dr. Dekay read a paper on the volcanic islands which appeared 

 in the Mediterranean, in J 831. 



May. — Dr. Harlan, of Philadelphia presented a variety of casts 

 of the fossil Megalonyx, chiefly from White Cave, Kentucky, most 

 of them unique and highly interesting specimens. Mr. Cooper made 

 some verbal remarks on these fossils, and demonstrated the osteology 

 of the parts hitherto known. 



June. — Mr. J. Finch gave an account of some Geological observa- 

 tions made by himself on the region in the vicinity of Lake Erie and 

 the River St. Lawrence, in which he pronounced the basin of those 

 regions to be principally tertiary ; he also gave an account of the 

 columnar limestone found in the vicinity of Kingston, U. C, and on 

 the Island of Montreal. 



Mr. D. J. Browne, of Boston, announced a locality of Fulgorite at 

 Gurnet's point near Duxbury, Mass., being the first locality noticed 

 in the United States. 



October. — Dr. Geo. W. Boyd read a paper entitled, " Observa- 

 tions on the Mineralogy and Geology of the gold region of the south- 

 ern United States," and also presented an extensive suite of charac- 

 teristic specimens. Dr. B. considers this region decidedly primi- 

 tive, and also that the auriferous deposites have no connexion with 

 the veins at present worked. 



Mr. Dewey reported on the Geological Text Book of Prof. Eaton, 

 in which he staled, that although the work contains many valuable 

 fats, yet for a text book he considers the arrangement a bad one. 



JYovember. — Mr. Sampson read a paper on a cetaceous animal 

 [Delphinus Globiceps) lately stranded on Fairfield beach, state of 

 Connecticut, of which Mr. Jno. L Glover gave a sketch and descrip- 

 tion at a former meeting. 



