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would only apply in case of partial loss, as in event of the total destruction 
of the property, we would pay the face of the policy, if the value amounted 
to as much as the insurance 
Trusting same will be found in order, 
rs truly, 
F. D. HrrscuBerc & Bro.” 
Enclosure. 
Dr. Sander said that insurance to the amount of $10,000 
was now carried by the Academy on its property at 17th and 
Washington avenue. On motion the Treasurer was directed 
to answer the communication and to say that the $10,000 
now carried covers eighty per cent of the cash value of the 
property insured. 
OctToser 16ruH, 1893. 
Prof. Pritchett in the chair, twenty-eight members and two 
visitors present. 
Prof. Pritchett presented for Dr. Holden, Director of the 
Lick Observatory, some positives from the original negatives 
taken on the occasion of the total eclipse of the sun in April 
last, at a point in Chile. Accompanying the negatives was @ 
brief statement of the study of them, made by Prof. Schae- 
berle, in which he calls attention to the permanence of well 
defined lines, as shown in the photographs. 
Prof. Pritchett presented a proposition from the Missouri 
Historical Society for the purchase of their Archaeological 
Collection. 
On motion the President was instructed to appoint a Com- 
mittee of five to consider this proposition. The President 
appointed the following Committee: M. S. Snow, H. W. 
Eliot, F. E. Nipher, Jno. Green, A. W. Douglas. 
NoveMBER 6TH, 1893. 
President Pritchett in the eae twenty-one members and 
two visitors present. 
Mr. Julius Hurter presented an interesting paper on the 
‘* Reptiles and Amphibians of Missouri. : 
