LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Des Moines, Iowa, February '20, 1903. 

 To Ills ExceUencij, Albert B. Cuuuiuhs, (Joreruor of loira: 



Sir — 111 accordance with the provisions of title 2, chap- 

 ter 5, section 136, code 1SD7, I have the honor to transmit 

 herewith the proceedings of the seventeenth annual see-sion 

 of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. 



Respectfully submitted, your obedient servant, 



A. G. Leonard, 

 Secrefarij loini Acailcinij of Sciences. 



