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fessor Williams, William Goes, James Hartley, and Gustav Koch, all 

 of Davenport, Iowa. 



October 26, 1883. — Regular Meeting. 



President Lynch in the chair; eight members present. 



The PubHcation Committee reported that the work of publishing 

 Volume IV. of Proceedings of the Academy had been placed in the 

 ha'nds of Mr. C. G. Plummer, and the first proof-sheets of the work 

 were exhibited. 



The Curator reported a valuable mound relic received from Mr. L. 

 D. Woodruff, San Jose, California. 



Mr. H. A. Pilsbry and Dr. W. W. Thackeray, of Davenport, were 

 elected to regular membership; and Miss Rose Smith, of San Diego, 

 California, Mr. Ellis Orr, of Postville, Iowa, and Mr. W. H. Holmes, 

 of Washington, D. C, were elected corresponding members. 



A proposition from Dr. Jennie McCowen, to deUver a course of lect- 

 ures on physiology gratuitously to the young ladies of the city, was 

 accepted. 



A paper on "Lightning Conductors," by Prof E. W. Claypool, was 

 presented and referred to the Publication Committee. 



N'ovemher jo, 188 j. — Regular Meeting. 



President Lynch in the chair; sixteen members present. 



The Pubhcation Committee reported that a proposition had been 

 made by Mr. W. H. Holmes, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, to engrave the pottery contained in the museum of the 

 Academy at4heir own expense, on condition that the Academy should 

 allow them to publish descri[)tions and use the plates after their use 

 in our publication, which proposition had been accepted, and the work 

 of engraving was now in progress. 



The Curator reported the receipt, through Capt. W. P. Hall, of 

 about fifty stone and Hint implements, donations from persons residing 

 in Southern Illinois, and also two skulls from mounds in Hancock 

 County, Illinois. 



Mr. Clarence Plummer and Dr. D. P. Maxwell, both of Davenport, 

 Iowa, were elected to regular membership; and Prof L. N. Hasselquist, 

 of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and Prof L. D. Woodruff, 

 of San Diego, California, were elected corresponding members. 



Dr. C. C. Parry i^resented the following obituary notice of his friend, 

 the late Dr. John L. Le Conte : 



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