198 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences^ Arts^ and Letters. 



The Academy met pursuant to adjournment. Attendance of 

 members and citizens large. The President, Dr. J. W. Hoyt, 

 having called the meeting to order, stated the object of the 

 Academy, in general terms, and annovmced the titles of the 

 papers to be read at this session, as follows: 



1. On the German Sunday. By Rt. Rev. Bishop W. E. Armi- 

 tage. Vice President for the Department of the Social and Po- 

 litical Sciences. 



[Published in full in Transactions, p. 62.] 



2. On the Common Jail System of this Country. By Hon. S. 

 D. Hastings, Secretarj^ of the State Board of Charities and 

 Reform. 



[Published, in abstract, in Transactions, p. 90. ] 



3. On the Physical Basis of the Mineral Resources of Wis- 

 consin. By Hon. John Murrish, State Commissioner for the 

 Survey of the Lead Region. 



This paper 'vas an elaboration, for the somewhat popular occasion on which it was 

 read, of the paper entitled " Results of Recent Investigations in the Lead Resion," read 

 1>y the same author at a previous meeting, and printed in abstract on a preceding page. 



Adjourned to meet in the State Agricultural Rooms, at 9 

 o'clock of the next day. 



Second Session. 



The Academy met pursuant to adjournment; President Hoyt 

 in the chair. 



The papers read the previous evening were briefly discussed. 



Vice President Chapin moved that a committee of three be 

 appointed to wait upon the Governor _ and solicit accommoda- 

 tions for the Academy's collections. President appointed Dr. 

 Chapin, Wm. Dudley and John Murrish. On motion. President 

 Hoyt was added to the committee. 



The following papers were read and discussed. 



4. On Aphides observed in Wisconsin. By Dr. P. R. Hoy, Vice 

 President of the Department of Natural Sciences. 



[Published in Transactions, p. 110.] 



After the discussion of this paper the President called Dr. 

 Hoy to the chair. 



5. On the Post Glacial Deposits of Dane county. By Hon. 

 J. G. Knapp, of Madison. 



6. Are the great Plains to be always Treeless? By Hon. J. 

 G. Knapp. 



Adjourned till 3 o'clock P. M. 



Third Session. 



The Academy met pursuant to adjournment; Vice Pi-esident 

 P. R. Hoy in the chair. 



The following papers were read and discussed: 



