38 Wisconsm Academy of /Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 



Members, Founders, Patrons, Members for Life, and Annual 

 Members. 



Tln-ee meetings are held annually for tlie reading and dis- 

 cussion of papers. 



The proceedings of tlie Academy at these meetings, includ- 

 ing brief abstracts of the papers read, are published, as soon 

 as i^racticable after the adjournment, in a neat octavo periodi- 

 cal called the Bulletin. 



III. 



What the Academy Has Done. 



At the time of its organization, the attempt, in so new a 

 State, to form an association whose active members must of 

 necessity be capable of making either original researches and 

 investigations or valuable contributions to the Arts, was 

 thought by some cordial friends of the objects of the Acade- 

 my to be a little premature. The results have shown, on the 

 contrary, that the enterprise had been too long postj)oned. 

 The presidents of our colleges as well as the professors con- 

 nected therewith, distinguished scientists and members of the 

 several professions, have heartily united in the inauguration 

 of the enterprise and have since shown their deep interest in 

 its welfare by giving to it not only their moral and pecuniary 

 support, but also the fruits of their intellectual labor. 



The present number of Life Members is, 12 ; of Annual 

 Members, 55 ; of Corresponding Members, 29. 



The report of the Treasurer, herewith submitted, shows the 

 condition of the fiscal affairs of the Academy at the date of 

 the late Annual Meeting. 



