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February 28, 1860. 



The president, Hon. J. V. L. Pruyn, presided. 



Dr. Wynne, proposed as a corresponding member at the 

 last meeting, was elected. 



Dr. Hough, from the committee appointed to prepare a 

 report on the specimens of premium cloths preserved in the 

 library of the Institute, presented a report. He gave an 

 account of the various acts of the legislature under which 

 these premiums were bestowed. He gave complete lists of 

 the counties and individuals among whom premiums had 

 been distributed, and also the aggregate of money thus 

 expended, during the time the system was pursued. This 

 report was referred to the committee on publication. 



Dr. Willard read a paper on gun-shot wounds. He began 

 by narrating some remarkable cases of the freaks of gun 

 balls. He then gave a detailed account of a case of a gun 

 shot wound in the lung, which had occurred in his own 

 practice ; in which, although the lung was wounded so that 

 the air oozed out through the orifice, the sufferer recovered. 



The president, Mr. Pruyn, presented the Orderly Book of 

 Burgoyne's Army, from the press of Joel Munsell. 



Adjourned. 



March 20, i860. 



The president, Mr. Pruyn, occupied the chair for a por- 

 tion of the meeting ; after which, on retiring, he called Dr. 

 Willard to preside. 



A. K. Shepard read a paper on the mineral and other re- 

 sources of Mexico. He showed that the insecurity of the 

 government, and the natural want of enterprise in the 

 people, have prevented the development of these resources 

 to anything like their just extent. The capacity of the 

 country is almost boundless in its mineral wealth. When- 

 ever the government shall become secure and liberal, so as 

 to encourage the influx of foreigners, the full wealth of the 

 country will begin to be seen. The silver mines are the 

 chief mines, but the methods of working are unproductive 



