204 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAE SCIENCES. 



October jo, 1885. — Regular Meeting. 



President C. E. Putnam in the chair; sixteen members present, and 

 members of Agassiz Chapter and visitors to the number of fifty-two. 



Dr. W. DeHass, of Washington, D. C, being present, routine busi- 

 ness was deferred to an adjourned meeting, and the audience listened 

 with great interest to his address on "The Ancient Mounds of America." 



Dr. C. C. Parry having returned from Europe, gave an account of 

 his visit to the Blakemore Museum, making special mention of a very 

 large collection of American Mound relics there displayed. 



November 21, 1883. — Trustees' Meeting. 



President C. E. Putnam in the chair; eight members present. 



Finance Committee reported having loaned $1,000 of Endowment 

 Fund to Daniel Preston for five years, at 8 per cent interest, payable 

 semi-annually, secured by mortgage on a farm appraised at $3115.25. 



Voted, To dispense with door-keeper, and make admission to Museum free 

 after January 1, 1886. 



Voted, That the Curator he authorized to make the exchange desired by Dr. 

 DeHass, of specimens of pottery from our collection for other articles; also, 

 to send Prof. F. W. Putnam, for the Peabody Museum, one specimen of the 

 large pots received from the South. 



Mr. Fulton, on the payment of $50, was made a life member. 



Bills for matting and repairs, to the amount of $21.45, were allowed 

 and ordered paid. 



November 27, 1885. — Regular Meeting. 

 President C. E. Putnam in the chair; ten members present. 



Professor R. Ellsworth Call, Moline, Illinois, was elected a regular 

 member, and Mr. W. A. Chapman, Okolona, Arkansas, a correspond- 

 ing member. 



Mrs. Putnam reported that Professor J. P. MacLean, of Hamilton, 

 Ohio, had given a lecture on November 25th, on the "Ancient Mounds 

 of Ohio," for the benefit of the Academy, the net proceeds of which 

 were $15.00. 



Chairman of Publication Committee reported that Volume IV. of 

 the Proceedings had been printed, except an appendix now in course 

 of publication, and that more subscriptions to the volume are needed 

 to meet the expense of its publication. 



