6 The Ohio Journal of Science [Vol. XXI, No. 1, 



Report of the Trustees of the Research Fund. 



The following report of the Trustees of the Research Fund 

 was received and ordered filed. The financial portion of the 

 report was referred to the Auditing Committee, whose report 

 is appended. 



To the Ohio Academy of Science: 



The Trustees of the Research Fund submit the following report for 

 the year ending May 1, 1920: 



During the year payments have been made to the following persons 

 for the purposes indicated: 



F. C. Blake: For the purchase of a specially sensitive galvanometer 

 for use in an investigation already under way, and for materials pur- 

 chased under previous grants for which bills had not been rendered. 

 The entire cost of the galvanometer was paid from the Research Fund 

 and it thus becomes the property of the Academy. It will be available 

 for future use by any other member of the Academy who may need 

 such an instrument in any investigation which has received the approval 

 of the Trustees of the Research Fund. It is the desire and policy of the 

 Trustees to give preference, as far as is possible, to grants of this kind 

 where the expenditure of the money not only aids the investigator but 

 also results in a valuable addition to the material resources of the 

 Academy. 



Paul B. Sears: To aid in the study of Ohio vegetation. 



W. H. Bucher: To aid in the making of a geological map of the 

 disturbed area in Adams County, Ohio. 



L. B. Walton: For a continuation of his study of fresh water 

 organisms. 



Miss Elsie Jordan: For work in relabeling the Harper collection of 

 Naiades (under the direction of W. H. Bucher). 



In grants already made there are unexpended balances, due on the 

 rendering of a satisfactory statement, to 



A. E. Waller: For aid in a study of Ohio vegetation; to 



L. B. Walton and W. H. Bucher: For the objects indicated above; 

 and to 



L. C. Hopkins: To aid in making a collection of Pteridophytes, and 

 in the determination of the water-shed of Ohio. In these last two the 

 expenditure is to be mostly for the printing and distribution of circular 

 letters. 



Below is a statement of receipts, expenditures, and liabilities, accord- 

 ing to which there is an available balance of about four hundred dollars 

 from which grants will be made upon application approved ])y the 

 Trustees. 



Vouchers for all expenditures are submitted herewith. 



