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THE WEST-AMEEICAN SCIENTIST. 



SECTION A, S. S. N. H. 



At a preliminary meeting held 

 January 6, at the rooms of the So- 

 ciety of Natural History, D. Cleve- 

 land in the chair, a section of this 

 Society was organized, consisting 

 mainly of those between the ages 

 of 14 and 21 years. It was moved, 

 seconded, and adopted that the so- 

 ciety should form Section A of 

 the San Diego Society of Natural 

 History ; that the chairman of the 

 Section should be nominated, or 

 nomination confirmed, by the S. 

 S. N. H. ; that other officers,consist- 

 ing of a secretary and treasurer, 

 should be elected by the Section; 

 that the Section should meet the 

 third Monday evening of each 

 month. 



The S. S. N. H. have very liber- 

 ally tendered their assistance to 

 the young people of San Diego, 

 offering them the use of their 

 rooms, museum and library and 

 proposing to reduce the annual 

 dues for the benefit of those who 

 wish to join the Section; and the 

 money received from the members 

 of the Section is not proposed to 

 be used for the general objects of 

 the Association; but for the pur- 

 chase of books, and to otherwise 

 benefit the Section itself. They 

 also leave the Section at liberty 

 to connect with the Agassiz Sci- 

 entific Association, which, if done, 

 will be a great benefit by placing 

 it in correspondence with that in- 

 ternational organization and se- 

 curing for its members the assist- 

 ance of many eminent scientists 

 throughout the United States. 

 Those desiring further informa- 

 tion regarding the objects of the 

 Agassiz Association are referred 



to its hand-book (sent post-paid 

 for 54 cents in stamps by H. H. 

 Ballard, Lenox / Mass.) 



SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



The regular meeting of the 

 above society was held Friday 

 evening, January 2. Business 

 matters monopolized the attention 

 of the Society. Mr. Capron, of 

 the Building Fund Committee, re- 

 ported progress. Mr. Cleveland, 

 of the Committee on the establish- 

 ment of minor societies, under the 

 auspices of this society, reported 

 a meeting of the Committee and 

 its action. Mr. E. W. Morse pre- 

 sented his resignation as Treasu- 

 rer, which was accepted. Mr. Jo- 

 seph Suit was elected Treasurer. 

 A vote of thanks was extended to 

 Mr. C. J. Fox, for his services as 

 Treasurer during eight years. Mr. 

 Cleveland gave notice in writing 

 of a motion to change the consti- 

 tution of the Society so as to re- 

 duce the annual dues of adjunct 

 members. Mr. C. R. Orcutt pre- 

 sented a copy of his new monthy 

 periodical, The West-American 

 Scientist, and explained his pur- 

 poses and plans in connection 

 with it. On motion, it was adopt- 

 ed as the official organ of the So- 

 ciety. On motion, the President, 

 Vice-President and Secretary were 

 constituted a committee on the 

 publication of the papers and pro- 

 ceedings of the Society. 



Over 300 kinds of native fish 

 are known to the Pacific coast of 

 the United States. About 90 of 

 the 2S0 Californian species are 

 known from San Diego. 



