374 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and approved. 

 The Eecording Secretary reported the following deaths : 



Ferdinand Zirkel, Honorary Member' for 8 years. 

 Jules Henri Poincare, Honorary Member for 12 years. 



The Academy then adjonrned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINEKALOGY. 

 7 October, 1912. 



Section met at 8 :30 p. m v Vice-President "Woodman presiding, about 

 35 members and visitors being present. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



Before the announced papers were called for the chairman asked 

 Professor J. F. Kemp to give some account of his recent trip to Panama. 

 A first-hand general account of his experiences and geologic observa- 

 tions was given. Questions were asked by members of the Section. 



The following programme was then offered : 



D. W. Johnson, The Westward Trip of the Transcontinental 

 Excursion op the American Geographical 

 Society. 



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George H. Girty, Geologic Age of the Bedford Shale of Ohio. 



Summary of Papers. 



Dr. Johnson gave an interesting account of the make-up of the party, 

 the method of travel, the places of greater interest and some of the 

 special features to which most attention was given. 



Dr. Girty 's paper was read in part by Professor Grabau and its bear- 

 ings were commented upon. It has been published as pages 295-319 of 

 this volume. 



The Section then adjourned. 



Charles P. Berkey, 



Secretary. 



