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of our over-burdened community. The hope is entertained that this 

 may be accomplished diiring the coming year. It is therefore recom- 

 mended that a conditional subscription be started for this purpose at an 

 early day, the condition being that no payments are to be made until the 

 entire amount of our indebtedness is subscribed. That the benefits of 

 this institution to the city are fully appreciated, has been evidenced in 

 the past by the generous support of our citizens, and to their large and 

 ready liberality we can therefore recommend this enterprise with entire 

 confidence that it will be sustained. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Charles E. Putnam, 

 H. C. Fulton, 

 William Renwick, 

 Divenport, Jan. 1, 1879. Finance Committee, 



[Note. — Since the preparatiou of the foregoing report there have been some small amounts 

 of receipts and expenditnres on the Treasurer's account, which will produce some slight varia- 

 tions between his balances and the amounts above stated.— C E. P.j 



Report of Publication Committee. 

 To the President and Members of the Academy of Natural Sciences : 



Gentlemen :— The Publication Committee beg leave to offer the fol- 

 owing report in reference to the publications of the Academy for the 

 past year (1878) : 



Under the favorable arrangements made with Mr. J. D. Putnam, the 

 second part of Volnme II, Proceedings D. A. N. S., has been printed up 

 to page -^88, including, besides the condensed records of meetings, etc., 

 original papers on Archaeology, Geology, Conchology, Entomology and 

 Botany, presented during the year, and bringing the Academy transac- 

 tions nearly up to date. Some difficulties in the matter of engravings to 

 illustrate the accompanying papers hav^ delayed the final publication, 

 which it is hoped may be completed early the present season, so as to 

 allow the prompt distribution of second part Vol. II. It is desirable that 

 this should include the Academy proceedings, embracing the present 

 annual meeting, reports of officers, etc., but as the arrangements with 

 Mr. Putnam only called for a volume of "not less than 300 pages" ; all 

 excess over this will need to be specially provided for by the Academy, 

 which, in the satisfactory completion of Mr. Putnam's agreement, has 

 reaped the full value of his gratuitous labors in superintending publica- 

 tion^ proof-reading, etc., — results apparent in the great number of 

 valuable publications constantly received from kindred societies all over 

 the world, as well as giving character and reputation to the Academy 

 and the place of its location, the value of which it would be difficult to 

 estimate. Unnecessary as it would seem, in view of what has been thus 

 far attained, to argue on the importance of continuing the publication of 

 Proceedings, your Committee deem it their duty to present some facts 

 indicating a lack of appreciation by the resident members of the Academy, 

 in remarkable contrast to the very flattering notices received elsewhere, 



