12 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Eliza Owens, corresponding member. 



H. W. Parker, corresponding member. 



Emma Sirrine, corresponding member. 



C. B. Weaver, member. E. H. Gifford, member. 



F. H Baldwin, member. A. Estella Paddock, member. 



J. A. Mortland, member. W. D. Barnes, member. 



I refer these names to the Academy for action. 



Early this year the books and papars coming to the Academy were trans- 

 ferred to the State Library and an arrangement made whereby they will 

 hereafter be catalogued with the remainder of the books of that library. 

 A separate list will, however, be kept, so that it will always be possible to 

 learn just what books have been obtained through the efforts of the Academy. 

 All this material will be suitably bound and cared for. It will at all times be 

 accessible to the members of the Academy, either for use in the building or 

 elsewhere, and in addition a large number of scientific books not previously 

 classified so as to be subject to withdrawal can be borrowed by members of 

 the Academy under very simple restrictions. By this arrangement the 

 Academy is freed from all expense in connection with its library and the 

 members receive important borrowing privileges. The State Library is in 

 return freed from the expense of keeping up several important and 

 expensive sets. The Academy is under obligations to the librarian, Mr. 

 Johnson Brigham, and the trustees of the State Library for the liberality of 

 these terms of exchange. 



In publishing the proceedings of the last meeting a special edition 

 printed on enameled paper and suitably bound in cloth was printed for 

 members of the Academy and for the principal exchanges. The extra 

 expense involved was small and it is hoped that the move will meet with the 

 approval of the members. 



After correspondence with the members of the executive committee, 

 and such other members of the Academy as could be readily reached, the 

 secretary has arranged for an evening lecture in connection with the 

 meeting of this year. It is hoped that this lecture may become an annual 

 affair and be one of the attractions of the winter meetings. 



The expenses of the year have been somewhat heavier than heretofore, 

 both as a result of the extra printing and binding and the bill for illustra- 

 tions which was held over from the last year. To offset this a con- 

 siderable amount of back dues has been collected. There are now $22 

 still outstanding in dues, and of this amount $5 is due from those whose 

 address is lost and will probably not be collectible. A number of members 

 who ordered extra reprints have not yet settled for them, and if they fail to 

 do so the Academy will, I presume, be held responsible for the amounts. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



