^02 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



April 27, igoo — Regular Meeting. 



The President, Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam, in the chair ; seven mem- 

 bers present. 



The Librarian reported that 97 books and pamphlets and 11 bound 

 volumes were presented by George R. Putnam. 



The Curator reported the following additions to the Museum : 



From George R. Putnam, a fine skull of a walrus with tusks, 

 together with stone implements for cooking used by the Eskimos, all 

 from Greenland; also implements for boring and fire making, and a 

 large tusk of a walrus with etched drawings, all the work of the Eski- 

 mos of Alaska. From David C. Thomson, a crucifix fish from Dutch 

 Guiana. From W. S. Price, a series of shells, most probably used 

 by Illinois Indians as money. A representation of peculiar meteor- 

 ological phenomena in January, 1900, taken by Karl Schmallhaus. 

 From C. E. Harrison, a freak of a cottonwood root. 



The President announced the following committees for 1900 : 



Archceology — Prof. Frederick Starr. 



Geology and Palaeontology — Prof. W. H. Barris. 



Conchology — Miss S. F. Sheldon. 



Zoology — Dr. A. W. Elmer. 



Botany — A. A. Miller. 



Entomology — Prof. H. B. Osborn. 



Finance— W. C. Putnam, J. B. Phelps, C. A. Ficke. 



Publication — Mrs. M. L. D. Putnam, Prof. W. H. Barris, Dr. C. 

 H. Preston, Prof. Samuel Calvin, E. S. Hammatt. 



Library — C. E. Harrison, Charles Francis, E. M. White. 



Lectures and Entertainment — Mrs. J. J. Richardson, Bishop T. N. 

 Morrison, Dr. J. B. Donaldson, E. S. Hammatt. 



The following Trustees were duly elected to serve three years : C. 

 E. Harrison, Dr. Jennie McCovven, Prof. W. H. Barris, A. F. Cutter. 



The Publication Committee presented the following report : 



The first form of Volume VII. was printed September T3, 1897, and 

 the last form on March 1, 1900. Seventeen hundred copies have 

 been completed, of which 1,200 are in paper, 300 in cloth, and 200 

 separates. The cost is $1,180, as follows : 



Printing, including plates $ 880.00 



Portrait of C. E. Putnam 100.00 



Prof. Scudder's plates [25 .00 



Binding 75.00 



$ 1 , 1 80 . 00 



