THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MERTING. fi 
the expense of illustration in the proceedings. Deferred to future 
action. 
Adjourned to nine o’clock A.M. to-morrow. 
DECEMBER 380, 1898. 
Academy met at 9:30 o’clock A.M. in the rooms of the State Horti- 
cultural Society, with President Lantz in the chair. 
Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. 
The following committees were appointed : 
Nominations: G. P. Grimsley, J. T. Willard, F. W. Bushong. 
Resolutions: L. C. Wooster, L. L. Dyche, J. R. Mead. 
Necrology: A. H. Thompson, B. B. Smyth, J. R. Mead. 
Auditing: A. J. Smith, E. H. Heacock. 
The following were duly elected to membership: R. Matthews, 
Wichita; Orr Adams, Topeka; F. E. Forbes, Topeka. 
Treasurer J. W. Beede made his report, which was referred to the 
auditing committee. 
Prof. H. J. Harnly, of McPherson, extended an invitation to the 
Academy to meet at McPherson next year, provided it is deemed ad- 
visable to meet so far west. 
The following papers: were then read : 
\). Felis concolor. J. R. Mead. 
6. Some Kansas mineral waters. K.H.S. Bailey. (Read by Geo. 
Wagner, in the absence of the author.) 
7. Technology of gypsum. G. P. Grimsley. 
8. Concretions. E. B. Knerr. 
Col. Wm. Tweeddale was duly elected to membership. 
Adjourned to meet at two o’clock p. m. 
TWO O'CLOCK P. M. 
Academy met in Horticultural hall; President Lantz in the chair. 
Minutes of morning session were approved. 
The following papers were read : 
9. The occurrence of nitrates in well waters. E.H.S. Bailey. (Read 
by Geo. Wagner, in the absence of the author). 
10. Is Bob White a native of Kansas? J. R. Mead. 
11. Some properties of liquid ammonia. E.C. Franklin. ( Read by 
C. A. Kraus, in the absence of the author. ) 
12. Occurrence of Arenaria interpres (the turnstone) in Kansas. 
D. E. Lantz. 
‘13. The purification of water. Wm. Tweeddale. 
14. A condensed weather bureau office. TT. B. Jennings. 
15. Some natural history notes. J. R. Mead. 
i6. Harmonic forms—the cube, parallelopipedon, and cylinder. 
B. B. Smyth. 
