144 Cincinnati Society of Natiiral History. 



The General Collections made by Leonard Barrett, Miss 

 Miriam Cook, Misses Emilie and Juliet and Master Paul Esselborn, 

 and the collection of Butterflies, by Alfred Knight, deserve men- 

 tion as showing care and diligence in tlie work of the collectors. 



The expenses of the Lyceum are paid by membership dues, 

 which during the past year were ten cents per month from each 

 member, 



The receipts and expenditures from Jan. 8 to June 25, 1887, 

 were as follows : 



Receipts. 



From members in payment of dues $32 30 



Expenditures. 



For Printing $11 95 



For Postage i 48 



For Specimens 11 45 



For Express i 55 



For Excursion to Batavia Junction 4 00 



$30 43 



Balance due Lyceum i 87 



During the year lectures were given by members of the 

 Society as Follows : 



"The Early History of the Earth," by Dr. Walter A. Dun. 

 "What to do in Cases of Accident," by Dr. B. Merrill 

 Ricketts. 



"Collecting and Preserving Insects," by Mr. Chas. Dury. 

 "Birds of Prey," by Wm. Hubbell Fisher. 



The Lyceum was reorganized for 1887-88, on Sept. 10, and 

 to date, sixty members have been enrolled. 



A membership fee of one dollar for the year is required of 

 each member. The money so collected is expended exclusively 

 for the benefit of the members, in the purchase of material for 

 illustrating lectures, printing and defraying the expenses of two 

 excursions during the year. 



The first of these excursions occurred on Sept. 17, to Ander- 

 son's Ferry, on C, I., C. & St. L. R. R., and we would gratefully 

 acknowledge the kind favors granted the Lyceum, by the Passen- 

 ger Agent of the road. 



