THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MERTING. 9 
one-third the income of the Academy, to be expended on illustrations 
for the Transactions. 
The auditing committee reported the Treasurer’s accounts correct, 
and the report was adopted. 
The nominating committee reported as follows: For President, 
E. B. Knerr; First Vice-President, A. S. Hitchcock; Second Vice- 
President, J. R. Mead; Secretary, D. E. Lantz; Treasurer, J. W. 
Beede; Librarian, B. B. Smyth. For Curators: A. H. Thompson, 
B. B. Smyth, W. A. Harshbarger, Geo. Wagner. 
The report was adopted and the officers elected as above. 
B. B. Smyth made a report for the Board of Curators. The Board 
held seven sessions during the year, with all present every session. 
The report was approved. 
The committee on legislation, appointed at the last meeting, and 
consisting of D. E. Lantz, L. E. Sayre, and S$. W. Williston, was 
unable to report, and the committee was continued. On motion, the 
names of G. P. Grimsley and Geo. Wagner were added to the above 
committee. 
President Lantz’s address on “The Kansas Academy of Science, 
retrospective and prospective,’ was then heard with great interest. 
On motion, a vote of thanks was tendered the speaker for his able, 
timely and interesting address. 
The Curators, on motion, were instructed to put temporary shelv- 
ing in the Academy office for the accommodation of the books belong- 
ing to the Academy. 
The reading of papers was then considered : 
18. On variation of the nitrogen-content of maize, and the possi- 
bilities for its improvement. J.T. Willard. 
The remaining papers on the program were read by title, as follows : 
19. A review of the mineral resources of Kansas. G. P. Grimsley. 
20. Some localities in Kansas which yield Dakota leaves. C.N. 
Gould. 
21. On injurious tenebrionid larvee. Warren Knaus. 
22. Collecting notes on Kansas Coleoptera. Warren Knaus. 
23. A list of Kansas Hymenoptera. J.C. Bridwell. 
24. A preliminary list of the Hymenoptera of New Mexico, exclu- 
sive of bees and fossores. T’. D. A. Cockerell. 
25. Kansas Uredinee. E. Bartholomew. 
26, A list of plants in my Florida herbarium. <A. 8. Hitchcock. 
27. Flora of Kansas. B. B. Smyth. 
28. Medicinal plants of Kansas, preliminary. B. B. Smyth. 
29. Some recent applications of the theory of solutions. KE. H.S. 
