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ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Since our last volume of the Transactions was issued, two years 

 ago, 100 new annual members have been elected, a gain of 100 per 

 cent, in the two years. The Academy has been enriched by the ad- 

 dition of the mineral exhibits from the St. Louis fair, giving us one 

 of the finest museums of the mineral industries in the state. State 

 support in form of a salary for the secretary has been given in this 

 time. The Academy is in a flourishing condition, and membership 

 in the Society should be looked upon as an honor. The work, how- 

 ever, should not stop with this progress ; each member should feel it 

 a duty and privilege to work for the success of this Academy. This 

 can be done by bringing in names for new members and preparing 

 papers for the meetings. At the last meeting over sixty papers were 

 presented, and the meeting was one of the most successful yet held. 



In accordance with a resolution passed by the Academy, members 

 will please send their photographs to the office. Seventy-five have 

 been collected. 



Papers presented at the Academy meetings, especially those in- 

 tended for publication in the Transactions, should be typewritten 

 carefully before being filed for publication. 



With this volume my work as secretary of the Kansas Academy of 

 Science ends, through a combination of interests which calls me to 

 West Virginia. The work has been a pleasant one, and it is with 

 some feeling of regret that I lay down this work. I wish in this pub- 

 lic way to express my appreciation of the honors conferred on me by 

 the Academy at the session just closed. If my work during the past 

 three years has resulted in good to this society and has added to its 

 progress, it has been due to the ready response of the members to 

 suggestions sent out from this office and to their active cooperation. 



The next meeting of the Academy will be held in Lawrence, near 

 the close of 1905. 



ToPEKA, Kan., January, 1905. 



