7S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 

 Tra-nsactiorvs. 



ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Los Angeles, May 13, 1902. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the Academy was held this evening 

 at 724 South Broadway. 



President Wm. H. Knight occupied the chair. 



New members were elected as follows : Dr. A. Conrad, Mr. J. M. 

 Clark, Mr. Lucius K. Chase. Dr. LeMoyne Wills, Dr. W. Jarvis Barlow. 



The report of the Secretary and Treasurer for the iiscal year ending 

 May 13, 1902,, was read and approved. (The report is published in full 

 in this number of the Bulletin.) 



A motion was made that a committee be appointed by the Chair 

 for the purpose of nominating a Board of Directors to serve for the 

 year 1902- 1903. Carried. The Chair appointed the following Nominating 

 Committee : Dr. Woodbridge, Dr. Emery, Mr. Macleod, Mr. Collins and 

 Secretary Baumgardt. 



The Committee, after having retired for deliberation, returned the 

 following ticket : 



William H. Knight G. Major Taber 



Anstruther Davidson, M. D. J. D. Hooker 

 Dr. John R. Havnes Prof. Melville Dozier 



Dr. T. B. ComstGcK Dr. S. M. Woodbrige 



George R. Parsons Dr. C. A. Whiting 



B. R. Baumgardt 

 A motion was made and seconded that the candidates named by 

 the Nominating Committee be elected a Board of Directors for the year 

 1902-1903. Carried. 



The Chair then announced the new Board of Directors. 

 The remaining part of the evening was devoted to the reading and 

 discussion of an article by Professor Simon Newcomb, entitled "The 

 Problem of the Universe." 



Adjourned. B. R. B aumgardt. Secretary. 



BIOLOGICAL SECTION. 

 Regular meeting. 



Report of observations on weight of chick egg during incubation was 

 given by J. O. Hunt.' The loss was nearly uniform until day before hatch- 

 ing. Total loss was 20 per cent, of weight of egg before incubation. Un- 

 fertilized eggs showed uniform loss for same time with a total loss of 15 

 per cent. 



A report on growth of moulds was given bv Miss Louise Burns. The 

 paper was illustrated by camera lucida drawings of different stages. Her 

 experiments showed that certain kinds of mould had the power of forming 

 starch grains from the filtered juice of potato and other starch-forming 

 plants. 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The Geological Section of the Academy of Sciences met at Ebell Hall 

 on Tuesday evening. May 27th. Chairman George W. Parsons occupied 

 the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



After a few preliminary remrks, the Chairman introduced Prof. 

 G. L. Bailey as the speaker of the evening. 



His subject was "Death Valley, Its Geological Origin, Saline De- 



