PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS FOR 1889. 



l-y^T the December meeting of the Society, President 

 =^9>- Ford read the following" report : Another year 

 is added to our Society's existence, the thirteenth since 

 its organization. In reviewing our work since our last 

 annual report we find much encouragement. The reg- 

 ular monthly meetings have been well attended, and at 

 each, one or more papers of interest and scientific value 

 have been presented, the discussion of which, has, I 

 trust, been profitable to us all. 



Donations to the museum and library have, been fre- 

 quent and important, among the most valuable contri- 

 butions to the former being a stone chair presented by 

 Mrs. A. D. Piper, one of our members. It is one of 

 three, found on a mountain near Guayaquil, Ecuador, 

 placed around a large stone table. These relics are re- 

 ferred to the age of the Incas. A detailed account of 

 their discovery and probable origin has been forward- 

 ed to the Society of California Pioneers in San Fran- 

 cisco, that has in its possession one of the chairs. Our 

 Society is promised a duplicate description, which, as 

 soon as received, will be made public. 



It is not generally known that our library is a de- 

 pository of all the publications issued by the United 

 States Government, and the yearly accessions to our 

 shelves from this source are of such proportions that 

 we cannot properly place them in our present cramped 

 quarters. By the kindness of the Trustees of the Pub- 

 lic Library we have been accorded space outside our 

 own rooms for two cases that are already filled. In the 

 plans for the new library building we understand am- 

 ple rooms are to be provided for the Society's use. As 

 works of reference, the Government publications are 

 of exceeding- value, and our librarian has classified them 

 as far as possible, so that little trouble is had by any 

 person wishing to consult them. Our rooms are ac- 

 cessible during the Public Library hours to every one, 



