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three pounds by hydrating it with water. Willard, Sayre and 

 Bailey spoke of the contamination of canned foods from zinc 

 tops, porous porcelain and lacquers. 



Doctor Crumbine read No. 13, and it was discussed by Dains, 

 Wooster, Bushong, Cardiff and Jackson. In view of the im- 

 portance of these papers it was voted that Doctor Crumbine 

 be requested to secure the publication of papers Nos. 13 and 31 

 in the Board of Health Bulletin, 



A. J. Smith told how to construct a well that would be free 

 from bacteria. Doctor Wooster said that typhoid bacteria 

 may come from cisterns, and Professor Bailey suggested that 

 often these cisterns had cracks admitting ground water. 



Professor Bailey read No, 28, which was discussed by Sayre, 



Mrs. Smyth read papers Nos. 15 and 16, which were dis- 

 cussed by Willard, Cardiff, Bailey, Dains and Crumbine. 



Professor Cardiff presented No, 38, Discussed by Mrs. 

 Smyth. 



Professor Scheffer read No. 32, Discussed by Miss Meeker. 



T, H. Scheffer reported, for the membership committee, the 

 following applications for membership, and recommended 

 their acceptance : 



Benj. P. Baker, landscape gardener, Topeka. 



O. P. Dellingn, professor of biology, M. T. S., Pittsburg. 



H. H. King, assistant professor of chemistiy, Agr. Coll., Manhattan. 



Dr. S. T. Millard, physician and surgeon, Topeka. 



Merle M. Moore, student, Ottawa. 



Rev. S. B. Peabody, clergyman (ornithologist), Blue Rapids. 



S. Eber Price, president Ottawa University, Ottawa. 



Eulalia E. Roseberry, teacher of physiography, M. T. S., Pittsburg. 



H. J. Waters, president State Agriculture College, Manhattan. 



J. B. Whelan, assistant professor of chemistry, K. S. A. C, Manhattan. 



J. A. Wilson, B. S., teacher in high school, Ely, Minn. 



T. M. Wood, instructor, M. T. S., Pittsburg. 



C. C. Young, chemist State Water Survey, Lawrence. 



By unanimous consent, the secretary was instructed to cast 

 the ballot of the Academy for the names reported, and they 

 were accordingly elected to membership in the Academy. 

 Edward Bartow, Ph. D,, director of Water Survey, Urbana, 

 111., became a life member by completing the payment of 

 twenty dollars for dues. 



The auditing committee reported that they had examined the 

 treasurer's report and found it correct. Voted that this re- 

 port be adopted. 



At six o'clock, by invitation of Ottawa members and friends, 



