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the remainder are stored in the Academy building. The volume has 

 been very favorably received, and, we believe, fully sustains the rep- 

 utation of its predecessors. Of its ten papers the most important are 

 those on entomology, contributed by Prof. Jerome McNeill, of the 

 University of Arkansas, and Prof. H. F. Wickham, of the State 

 University of Iowa, and a summary of the archaeology of Iowa by 

 Prof. Frederick Starr, of the University of Chicago. The illustrations 

 of the volume comprise six entomological plates, a number of wood 

 cuts, and an engraved portrait of Dr. C. C. Parry accompanying a 

 biographical sketch by Dr. C. H. Preston, and a list of his published 

 writings. The synopsis of Proceedings is brought down to the begin- 

 ning of the year 1897 and a comprehensive index is appended. One 

 hundred and ninety-two pages of the three hundred and ninety-two 

 pages of this volume were printed during the past year ; also the first 

 forty-four pages of Vol. VII. Forty more are now ready for the 

 press. The first paper in Vol. VII. is " A Memoir (with portrait) of 

 Charles Edwin Putnam," by W. C. Putnam; the second an article on 

 "Our Local Geology," by Prof. W. H. Harris, and the third, "A 

 Study of the Census of the Pueblo of Cochite, New Mexico," by Prof 

 Frederick Starr. A fourth paper which, with its illustrations, will 

 cover about sixty pages additional, and which is the joint contribution 

 of Prof. Herbert Osborn, entomologist of the Iowa Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Ames, and Mr. Elmer D. Ball, is all in type. It is entitled 

 "Studies of North American Jassoidea," and is a continuation of 

 papers presented before, the Iowa Academy of Science entitled " Con- 

 tributions to the Hemipterous Fauna of Iowa." This valuable paper 

 will be illustrated by six plates, the expense of which is met by the 

 Experiment Station. 



The financial report of the publication for the year is as follows: 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on hand January i, 1897 $ 20.79 



From interest on Putnam Fund to February i, 1898 712.50 



Interest on bank deposits 6.29 



Sale of publications 8.00 



Donation 25.CO 



Total receipts $772.58 



EXPENDITURES. 



Paid Printing $385.80 



Plates 275.00 



Clerical work 100.00 



Total expenditures $760.80 



Balance on hand 11 .76 



$772.58 

 Respectfully submitted, 



Mary L. D. Putnam, 



Chairman Publication Committee. 



