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430th Meeting. January 19, 1895. 
Vice-President Clarke in the chair. 
Thirty-two members present. 
Mr. G. K. Gilbert read a paper on The stratigraphic meas¬ 
urements of geologic time. [Published under the title Sedi¬ 
mentary measurement of Cretaceous time, in the Journal of 
Geology, 1895, vol. 3, pp. 121-127.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Dutton, McGee, E. Farquhar, 
and Willis. 
431st Meeting. February 2, 1895. 
Vice-President Clarke in the chair. 
Thirty-five members and guests present. 
Announcement was made of the death, on January 22, 1895, 
of Mr. S. V. Benet. 
Mr. G. R. Putnam read a paper entitled Results of a trans¬ 
continental series of gravity measurements. [Published in this 
volume, pp. 31-60.] 
This was supplemented by Mr. G. K. Gilbert with Geolog¬ 
ical notes concerning the same. [Published in this volume, 
pp. 61-75, and under the title, New light on isostasy,in Journal 
of Geology, 1895, vol. 3, pp. 331-334.] 
The papers were discussed by Mr. Preston. 
Mr. W. M. Davis read a communication on The need of re¬ 
organizing geography as a university study. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Abbe, Harrington, Harkness, 
Walcott, Clarke, Goodfellow, H. Farquhar, and Hayden. 
432d Meeting. February 16, 1895. 
President Dall in the chair. 
Thirty-seven members and guests present. 
