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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



California Academy of Sciences.— January 3, 1887. The 

 annual election of officers resulted as follows : H. W. Harkness, 

 President; H. H. Behr, G. Hewston, Vice-Presidents; A. Ferrer, 

 Corresponding Secretary; C. G. Yale, Recording Secretary; 

 John Dolbeer, Treasurer ; Carlos Troyer, Librarian ; J. G. 

 Cooper, Director of Museum; C. F. Crocker, T. P. Madden, J. 

 M. McDonald, E. L. G. Steele, S. W. Holladay, D. E. Hayes, 

 and E. J. Molera, Trustees. 



The Treasurer reported the receipts of the Academy during the 

 past year as being $12,357.58; disbursements, $9,912.60. S. B. 

 Christy reported 417 letters sent and 530 received during the 

 year, as Corresponding Secretary. 



The Librarian reported the accession ot 2,401 publications. 



Prof. Davidson, the retiring President, stated in his report that 

 during the 19 years he has been connected with the Academy he 

 can recall no year when better work was done. 



Santa Barbara Society of Natural History. — Decem- 

 ber 28, 1886. At the adjourned annual meeting, the following 

 officers were elected : H. C. Ford, President; R. F. Bingham, 

 Dr. L. G Yates, Mrs. A. A. Boyce, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. R. F. 

 Bingham, Recording and Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. M. A. 

 Ashley, Treasurer ; Mrs. F. C- Lord, Curator and Librarian. 



The official reports stated that twelve meetings, with an average 

 attendance often, had been held during the year; fifteen papers 

 specially prepared by members, and many more informal articles 

 had been read; the present membership, 21, the same as when 

 organized in 1876; bound volumes in library, r 431, of which 185 

 were received during the year ; number of pamphlets, 130. 



Dr. Yates presented a memorial of Dr. Isaac Lea, an honorary 

 member, who died December 9th, at the age of 92. Dr. Lea was 

 the first honorary member of the Society, elected during the win- 

 ter of 1876, when at Santa Barbara. 



San Francisco Microscopical Society. — December 8, 

 1886. Dr. Ferrer exhibited and briefly described the new Zeiss 

 Photomicrographic camera and stand. 



December 22, 1886. Prof Runyon exhibited a number of 

 photo-micrographs. William Norris called attention to several 

 interesting series of slides of diatoms, from various sources, which 

 he donated to the Society. 



EDITORIAL. 



The editor was recently requested to visit the principal mines 

 of this, and the neighboring county of San Bernardino, for the 

 purpose of forming a collection of the minerals and average 

 specimens of the ores, for the American Exhibition, to be opened 

 in London, England, on the 2d of next May. The results will 



