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Mr. Knaus reported additions to the list of Coleoptera. Dis- 

 cussed by ScheflPer. 



Doctor Dains read a paper on some methylene derivatives. 



C. I. Corp reported some tests on the Pelton water-wheel last 

 summer in Madison, Wis. 



Doctor Matthews spoke of the Audubon Society, and moved that 

 the Academy recommend an increase in the list of protected birds. 

 So voted. 



Meeting adjourned till two p. M. 



Reading of papers was resumed after the intermission. 



Mr. Dalton read a paper on railroad rates from an engineering 

 standpoint. 



Proposition to divide into sections to hasten the completion of 

 the program was decided adversely. 



Voted that the time alloted to papers hereafter read in this meet- 

 ing be limited to ten minutes. 



Doctor Wooster gave an abstract of his paper on the germ plasm 

 hypothesis of Weismann. 



Professor Willard discussed the difficulties of testing foods for 

 sulfites. 



Professor Bailey presented a paper on the sulfides as preserva- 

 tives. 



Professor Young gave a study of the causes of coal-mine explo- 

 sions. Discussed by Bailey and Willard. 



Professor Jones gave a paper on the medullary ray as an ele- 

 ment of strength in structural timber. 



Professor Todd presented a speculation in crystallography. 



Professor Dyche gave a group of three papers: (1) Preserva- 

 tion of skins of mammals. (2) Poison-glands of rattlesnakes in 

 hibernation. (3) A new bird for the Kansas list. 



Professor Stimpson spoke of the importance of inspection of 

 weights and measures. 



Mr, Moodie presented a list of the Carboniferous quadrupeds of 

 Kansas. 



Mr. Cowgill read a paper on the values of feeds for cattle. 



C, H. Sternberg gave an account of his expedition last summer 

 to the Laramie beds of Wyoming. 



Doctor Mc Wharf read a paper on the prevalence of cancer and 

 its mode of propagation and cure. 



H. P. Cady discussed the relation of manganese to the corrosion 

 of iron. _ 



