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of the mineral resources of Alaska, Congress having made a 
special appropriation of $5,000 for that purpose. The work 
of the season will be confined to the coast, and an examination 
of the upper Yukon will not be attempted. 
The Colorado Scientific Society has recently issued the 
fourth volume of its "Proceedings." This volume contains 
xxix and J:5(3 pages and includes the proceedings and papers 
for 1891, 1892 and 1893. Some of the more important papers 
were reviewed in the American Geologist at the time of their 
appearance in separate form. The contents of this volume 
are given under the head of "Recent Publications" in this 
issue. 
The Royal Society of Canada held its fourteenth meeting 
at Ottawa, May 15th, 16th and 17th. The following geolog- 
ical papers w^ere read : The geology of the proposed Ottawa 
ship canal, by R. W. Ells; Note on Tertiary fossil plants 
from the vicinity of the city of Vancouver, B. C, by Sir Wil- 
liam Dawson : Organic remains of the Little River group. No. 
4, by G. F. Matthew; The chemical composition of andra- 
dite from two localities in Ontario, B. J. Harrington. 
Bulletins of American PALEONTOLcxn. This is a title of a 
new serial issued under the direction of Gilbert D. Harris, 
Ithaca, N. Y. It is intendetl that these bulletins will appear 
when suitable material is prepared for them and not necessa- 
rily at regular intervals. They will not represent work done 
merely by one person or institution, but will be of a more gen- 
oral nature — subject to acceptable contributions from all 
paleontological workers. No. 1 is entitled "Claiborne Fos- 
sils," part I, Synonymy of Lea's and Conrad's species ; part II, 
New or remarkable species. 
The American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence will hold its forty-fourth meeting at vSpringiicld, ]\L'^ss., 
AYednesday, Aug. 28th, to Saturday, Sept. 7th. Information 
relating to membership and papers can be obtained from the 
permanent secretary, Prof. F. W. Putnam, Salem. Mass., while 
the local secretary, Mr. W. A. Webster, of Springfield, will 
attend to all inquiries concerning arrang'^nents, hotels, rail- 
way rates, etc. A number of general and special excursions 
have been arranged for the members of the Association and 
other societies. The following societies will meet at Spring- 
field in connection with the A. A. A. S. : Geological Society 
of America; Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Sci- 
ence; Association of Economic Entomologists; Association 
of State Weather Service; Society for Promoting Engineering 
Education; American Chemical Society; American Forestry 
Association. 
