558 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SAINT LOUIS MEETINO- 



ished. The photographs are now stored in glass cases in my office, very 

 convenient for reference. 



There have been several large orders for prints by Fellows of the 

 Society, some of the orders being due to the Catalogue with subject index 

 published last year. 



It is expected that several hundred new photographs will be added to 

 the collection during the coming year. 



Respectfully submitted. 



N. H. Darton, 



Committee. 



The report was adopted and the usual .appropriation of $15 for the use 

 of the committee was voted. 



On motion of W. M. Davis, it was voted that the next blank issued for 

 submission of papers should bear the list of subjects and dates of 

 precedence. 



The scientific program was declared in order, and the first paper pre- 

 sented was the following : 



LINEAMENTS OF THE ATLANTIC BORDER REGION 

 BY WILLIAM H. HOBBS 



The paper was discussed by W. M. Davis, C. H. Hitchcock, G. K. 

 Gilbert, and the author. It is printed as pages 483-506 of this volume. 



The second paper presented was 



A PREGLACIAL PENEPLAIN IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA 

 BY U. S. GRANT AND H. F. BAIN 



Remarks on the paper were made by R. D. Salisbury. 



The following three papers were read in order without discussion. , 



NEW CONE AND OBELISK OF MONT PELE* 

 BY EDMUND OTIS HOVEY 



The most striking feature of the recent eruptions of mont Pele is the cone, with 

 its surmounting spine or obelisk, which arose within the crater of the volcano. 

 Visitors to the crater of mont Pele in the latter part of April, 1902, observed that 

 a new cone, apparently f ragmen tal in character, has begun to form beside l'Etang 

 Sec. On May 21, thirteen days after the occurrence of the eruption which de- 



* The data embodied in this and the following two papers were obtained by the author while 

 on two expeditions to the West Indies sent out by the American Museum of Natural History. 

 The photographs were made for the museum, and are used as illustrations by its permission. 



