SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



1899—1900. 



January 18, 1899 — Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



President Edward S. Hammatt in the chair. The minutes of the 

 Annual Meeting, January 5, 1898, were read and approved and the 

 annual reports of the various officers were presented. 



The annual report of the Recording Secretary, E. M. White, 

 showed that during 1898 there were ten regular monthly meetings of 

 the Academy and three meetings of the Board of Trustees. Five 

 honorary, two life and six regular members were elected, while one 

 life and two regular members died. 



The Librarian, C. E. Harrison, reported 2,099 accessions to the 

 library. In addition to the books obtained by exchange the library 

 was enriched by forty volumes on geology and palaeontology, all new 

 to the library and of great value for scientific work, from the library 

 of Prof. W. H. Barris, presented by Miss Elizabeth D. Putnam ; sixty- 

 one volumes, some of them rare, from Dr. S. C. Bowman of Anda- 

 lusia, 111.; and sixty-seven volumes from a private scientific library 

 in Davenport which will eventually come to the Academy. The 

 entomological library of J. Duncan Putnam, numbering 270 volumes, 

 was catalogued by Miss Alice Beach and the entire library overhauled, 

 cleaned and arranged preparatory to cataloguing and binding. At- 

 tention was called to the necessity of completing this work in order 

 that the library may be made of greater service. 



The Treasurer, Mrs. Mary L. D. Putnam, reported that on account 

 of the unusual expenses for fitting up and rearranging the library, 

 purchasing new cases and cleaning and rearranging the museum, it 

 had been necessary to borrow $342.52. During the year one-half of 



[Proc. D. A. S., Vol. VIII J 37 [Aug. 6, 1901.] 



