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minal localization in moUusks. Professor Bashford Dean attended 

 the zoological congress at Berne and the British Association 

 meeting in Cambridge, and later visited places of scientific 

 interest in France. Professor Bristol worked at the Bermuda 

 Biological Station, of which he was one of the directors. Mr. 

 Yatsu worked at the Tufts College laboratory in Maine. Mr. 

 Kellicott worked at the Cedar Point laboratory, in Ohio, com- 

 pleting his studies of the development of the vascular system 

 of Ceratodtis. Dr. Dublin continued his studies of germ cells 

 at the Cold Springs Harbor laboratory. Dr. Townsend super- 

 intended the remodeling of the water-supply apparatus at the 

 New York Aquarium. Mr. Bigelow conducted special courses 

 for teachers in the summer-school of Columbia University. 

 Professor Sumner directed the laboratories and the biological 

 surveys of the Bureau of Fisheries at Woods Hole. 



M. A. Bigelow, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



October 17, 1904. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., Professor James F. Kemp 

 presiding. 



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

 approved. The following program was then offered : 



The special business of the evening was the nomination by 

 the Section of officers to serve for the calendar year 1905. The 

 following officers were unanimously nominated by the Section : 



For Chairman and Vice-President of the Academy, E. O. 

 Hovey, of the American Museum of Natural History. 



For Secretary, A. W. Grabau, of Columbia University. 



The program of the evening was then taken up. It was as 

 follows : 



E. 0. Hovey, St. Vincent, British West Indies. The 

 Eruptions of 1902 and Their Immediate Results. 



