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way,  N.  Y.,  also  exhibited  samples  of  California  port,  hock,  claret 
and  Angelique  wines  as  well  as  a  sample  of  California  brandy. 
The  speaker  described  the  kind  of  grape  as  an  Andalusian  va- 
riety, introduced  into  California  100  years  ago,  by  the  Mission- 
aries. He  also  described  the  manner  of  making  the  wines. 
Hock  is  made  from  grapes  just  ripe,  Port  next,  followed  by  the 
Angelique ;  lastly,  the  dry  wine  and  brandy  from  the  residue. 
The  hurried  manner  in  which  the  subject  was  necessarily  treated, 
precluded  an  introduction  of  details. 
Tourtelot  Brothers,  of  Chicago,  submitted  specimens  of  their  es- 
sence of  beef,  which  is  prepared  in  the  same  manner  as  condensed 
milk,  coffee,  etc.,  in  vacuo — one  pound  of  the  essence  containing 
the  nutriment  of  20  pounds  of  beef.  It  is  used  for  soup,  beef- 
tea,  etc.,  and  great  excellence  is  claimed  for  it. 
The  following  resolution  of  amendment,  brought  forward  by 
the  business  committee,  was  discussed  and  adopted : 
"  Resolved,  That  Article  II.,  Section  3d,  be  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 
"  No  person  shall  be  considered  a  member  of  this  Association  until  he 
shall  have  signed  the  constitution  and  paid  into  the  treasury  the  sum  of 
three  dollars,  as  an  initiation  fee,  and  the  annual  contribution  for  the 
year." 
Another  resolution,  moved  and  carried,  makes  it  the  duty  of 
all  who  apply  for  membership  in  the  Association  to  see  that  their 
names  are  correctly  and  plainly  written,  and  their  post-office  ad- 
dress correctly  given.  The  Association  hereafter  will  not  be  re- 
sponsible for  mistakes  in  the  certificates,  or  in  the  roll  of  mem- 
bers, which  occur  through  want  of  care  in  forwarding  full  names 
and  changes  of  address  ;  nor  will  the  Association  hereafter  replace 
volumes  of  proceedings '  lost  through  change  of  residence,  of 
which  the  Secretary  shall  not  have  been  duly  notified. 
Another  resolution,  in  regard  to  the  arrearages  of  southern 
members,  was  adopted  as  follows  : 
Resolved,  That  all  members  of  the  Association  who  may  have  been  pre- 
vented from  sharing  in  its  benefits  by  the  war,  shall  have  their  dues  remit- 
ted, and  may  retain  their  membership  unimpaired  by  resuming  the  pay- 
ment of  their  annual  contributions  with  the  present  year,  such  members 
to  be  furnished  with  the  past  volumes  of  Proceedings,  if  they  desire  them, 
at  the  prices  fixed  by  the  Executive  Committee. 
