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the total receipts and disbursements to be as follows : Receipts, $72.75 ; disburse- 

 ments, $58.67; balance on hand, $14.08. 



The President in speaking of the weather for the past year stated that the- 

 temperature had been exceedingly high, on certain days reaching 107°. The- 

 Doctor said that the reports from the Signal Service were not to be relied upon,, 

 for, although the instruments used were good, the exposure was faulty ; the ther- 

 mometer on sunny days going higher than it should, because of the reflection of 

 heat from the roof over which the thermometer was placed at about the height of 

 five feet. There were no heavy rains from the middle of June to the middle of 

 September, but the average rain fall was not noticeably small. The drought oc- 

 curred at a time particularly unfavorable to the corn crop, and the statement of 

 the average rain-fall during a year furnished no criterion of the crops harvested^ 

 He further stated that in all probability the balance of the present winter would 

 be mild. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : Presi- 

 dent, Dr. George Engelman; First Vice-President, Dr. Leet; Second Vice Presi- 

 dent, M. L. Gray; Corresponding Secretary, Judge Nathaniel Holmes; Record-, 

 ing Secretary, Prof. Nipher ; Treasurer, Dr. E. Sander; Librarian, Dr. S. Ham- 

 bach; Curators, Dr. Hambach, Dr. Evers and Mr. A. Leonhardt. 



Dr. Hambach was elected a life member of the Academy in consequence of 

 his past services. 



Henry Blattner was proposed by Prof. Nipher for membership. Action was 

 deferred until next meeting. 



There was received a donation from Dr. H. H. Mudd, consisting of a col- 

 lection of snakes, centipedes and lizards caught in Southern Illinois. 



At the Washington University, January i6th, the Academy of Science held 

 one of its regular meetings, Dr. Engelman presiding. 



The corresponding secretary was authorized to send for the Geological Report 

 of Colorado. A communication was also received from the Paris Zoological So- 

 ciety, asking for suggestions on the subject of the nomenclature of organic be- 

 ings, upon which there is no united systems at present. Prof. Potter, Professor 

 of Geology, exhibited some very fine specimens of silver ore from the mines of 

 Konigsberg, silver from Lake Superior, and copper from the same lake. The 

 copper was particularly excellent, being almost in a virgin state. The Professor 

 also spoke of the various places in which native lead had been found. ■ Dr. En- 

 gelman spoke some time on the Hot Springs of Colorado. He had there, last 

 summer, examined four hot springs. The best and longest^ known were those of 

 Idaho, and Clear Springs, which are the most insignificant. Their temperature is 

 about 100°, and the prevalent ingredient, as in all the springs of Colorado, hot 

 or cold, is carbonate of soda. Some contain iron, others sulphur, others com- 

 mon salt, and some a slight admixture of purgative salts, such as sulphate of 



