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REGULAR MEETING. 



October 17, 1898. 



Academy met at 8 P. M., Vice-President Kemp in the chair. 

 Twenty-five persons present. In the absence of the Secretary, 

 reading of the minutes was dispensed with. 



Members Proposed. 



The following nominations for new members were presented 

 for the Secretary by the chair : 



Jacob M. Rich, 50 West 36th street; Ernest Foley, 108 East 

 62d street. 



The nomination of Dr. Henry S. Washington, of Locust, N. 

 J., was made by Mr. George F. Kunz. These three names we:e 

 referred to the Council under the rules. 



The following paper was read by title : Annotated Cata- 

 logue OF THE Family of MuricidtE North of the Isthmus of 

 Panama, by Frank C. Baker, Chicago. 



Section of Geology and Mineralogy then organized. 



Richard E. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 

 October 17, 1898. 



Section met at 8 P. M., Professor Kemp in the chair, and 

 twenty-two members present. 



The first paper, by Professor J. F. Kemp, on the Minerals 

 of the Copper Mines at Ducktown, Tenn., gave a brief his- 

 tory of the mines, and described some of the processes em- 

 ployed in treating the ores and the character of the rocks and 

 the associated minerals. The paper was illustrated with an ex- 

 tended series of lantern views of the mines and the works, and 

 with a suite of specimens. Professor Kemp referred particularly 

 to the extremely interesting crystals of Almandite Garnet which 

 he showed, in which the faces of the hexoctahedron are strik- 



