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I might refer you to numerous other localities in our immediate 

 vicinity and throughout the state, but you will acquire a knowl- 

 edge of them as you pursue your studies and investigations later 

 on. New Hampshire, although not furnishing many rare gems 

 or rich mineral ores, will be found to contain many valuable and 

 interesting varieties which can engage your attention for a long 

 time to come." 



September 27th, 1899. The President in the chair. The mem- 

 bers present gave informal reports of their summer experiences 

 and presented the following specimens to the Institute : Miss 

 Emma L. McLaren, porphyritic trap and several small boulders 

 from Nova Scotia ; Mr. Winch, rare specimens of mica from 

 Alstead, and beryl from Acworth ; Mr. Huse, milky quartz from 

 Auburn and Goffstown, mica schist from Auburn and soapstone 

 from Francestown ; Mr. L. W. Colby, fossiliferous limestone from 

 Minnesota. 



October 25th, 1899. The President in the chair. The season's 

 work was discussed by Messrs. W. E. Moore, E. J. Burnham, G. 

 I. Hopkins and E. P. Richardson. Upon motion it was voted to 

 take up the study of mineralogy under the direction of Mr. Hop- 

 kins. Mr. Burnham presented to the Section and the Institute 

 a copy of Hitchcock's Geology of New Hampshire, received from 

 Hon. H. M. Cheney of the governor's council. 



The following members presented specimens : E. P. Richard- 

 son, fossiliferous limestone from a boulder, two specimens of 

 flinty shale and trap from Ogonquit, Me. ; Mr. Burnham, quartz 

 crystals, beryl from Orange and North Groton, epidote from 

 Plainfield, chalcedony from Hampstead, trap from Boar's Head, 

 tremolite from Randolph, and prehnite from Windham ; Mr. 

 Huse, claystones from Mclndoe's Falls on the Connecticut 

 River ; Mr. Abbott, beryl from Orange, besides a number of 

 other specimens. . 



November 22d, 1899. The President in the chair. Mr. Hop- 

 kins being unable to be present the President addressed the meet- 



