During the last year $565.35 has been collected for dues and on special 

 resolutions, and it is much to be regretted that some members have failed 

 to answer to the summons of the resolution of the Academy for the con- 

 tribution of one dollar only to the memory of our beloved late President. 

 The portrait of the President has been secured at the low figure of $ioo» 

 framed very becomingly in a rich gilt frame, the gift of Professor E. A. 

 Engler. 



The expenditures of the Academy amounted to $602.31 : of this sum. 

 $460.41 was paid for the balance on printing the last number of the Trans- 

 actions, issued in June last; $38.90 for the use of the library and attend- 

 ance to the rooms of the Academy; $28. 00 for defraying the expense■^ of 

 the Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, and $75.00 for the portrait 

 of Dr. Engelmann. 



It is to regretted that the balance against the Academy, which 

 amounted to $137.62, has not been decreased, but has been raised to 

 $174-37— which is, however, almost $150.00 less than in 1883. From this 

 statement you will see that the habit of some of the members not to com- 

 ply readily with the demands of the Treasurer is much to be regretted. 

 There is $597.00 due the Academy at present, of which sum there is, per- 

 haps, one-fourth difficult to be collected, although due from members 

 who have requested to be kept on the rolls, and who have promised ulti- 

 mately to pay. 



Trusting that next year the members of the Academy will rally, and 

 will attend more punctually to their duties to the Treasurer, that we may 

 be able to publish another number of our Transactions without request- 

 ing voluntary contributions from our members, I submit the foregoing 

 report most respectfully. 



Enno Sander, Treasurer. 



On motion, the repoit and papers of the Treasurer were sub- 

 mitted to the examination of a committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Tivy, Potter, and Engler, who reported the same to be correct. 



Mr. Letterman, ofAllenton, exhibited specimens of the "loco" 

 from Texas and Kansas (Bot., Astragalus ?nallissimns). He 

 said that experiments by Dr. Ott had shown that this plant was 

 poisonous to horses and cattle, and it has given much trouble to 

 stockmen in Kansas and Colorado. The State of Colorado pays 

 $30 a ton for the destruction of the plant. This law has had the 

 result of inducing persons to raise the plant. 



Mr. Wheeler exhibited a mineral, formerly rare but now more 

 common, but still much sought after as an ornamental stone. The 

 mineral is called tiger's-eye, and is found in Africa. It is a sili- 

 cate of iron, and is a pseudomorph after crysidolite. 



