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Mr. E. D. Preston read a paper on The Study of the Earth’s 
Figure by Means of the Pendulum. 
Not published. 
Remarks were made by Messrs. Woodward and Preston. 
Mr. J. Howard Gore read a paper on The Geodetic Opera¬ 
tions in Russia. 
Published in the Smithsonian Report for 1890. 
The final paper of the evening was by Mr. J. Stanley-Brow t n 
on Bernardinite: Is it a Mineral or a Fungus ? 
Published in the American Journal of Science, July, 1891, vol. 
42, pp. 46-50. 
368th Meeting, March 28, 1891. 
Vice-President R. S. Woodward presided. 
Forty members present. 
Mr. Henry Farquhar made a communication on The Com¬ 
mercial Growth and Import Duties of the United States. Illus¬ 
trated by curves. 
Published in chapter III of a work entitled “ Economic Delu¬ 
sions,” by A. B. and H. Farquhar. Published by G. P. Putnam’s 
Sons, New York. 
Mr. W J McGee read a paper on The Mississippi Bad Lands. 
Not yet published. 
Remarks were made by Messrs. Van Hise and McGee. 
Mr. R. W. Shufeldt read a paper on Indian Types of Beauty, 
and illustrated the subject by a series of lantern slides. 
Not yet published. 
369th Meeting. April 11, 1891. 
Vice-President Gilbert in the chair. 
Eleven members present. 
On motion of Mr. Goode, it was voted that on account of the 
