- Prof. J. D. WHITNEY.
TREASURER.
- WILLIAM HEFFLEY.
CURATORS.
| G. F. Moore | Of | Mineralogy. |
| W. M. Gabb | Palæontology. | |
| A. Kellogg, M.D. | Botany. | |
| J. G. Cooper, M.D. | Zoology. | |
| J. B. Trask, M.D. | Conchology. | |
| H. Behr, M.D. | Entomology. |
Donations to the Cabinet were received as follows:
By Dr. Cooper—Specimens of Purpura septentrionalis, from San Francisco, and others from Oakland, of larger size—the latter not being natives of this Bay, but brought from Shoalwater Bay, W. T., in cargoes of oysters.
By Mr. Bloomer—A collection of specimens of wood.
Dr. Cooper exhibited a specimen of coral, of the genus Porites, probably an undescribed species. This mass of coral was drawn up by a fisherman, from a depth of four fathoms, at the Farallones, and deposited in the office of the Geological Survey by Mr. Lawson, of the Coast Survey. The same species had been previously obtained by Dr. Cooper in the Bay of Monterey, but it had never been found so far north before.