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note on account of publications, -1>2o9.90; outstanding orders, $139.77. 

 The interest on $1000.00 of the building- debt was decreased from 

 10 per cent, to 8 per cent, per annum by making a new loan and pay- 

 ing off" the old one. The sum of $239.90 was borrowed at 8 per cent; 

 per annum, to pay the expense of pul^lishing the Annual Report. 



Mr. J. D. Putnam, chairman of the Publication Committee, re- 

 ported that the publication of the second volume of the Proceedings 

 of the Academy' had been delayed l)y a series of mishaps to the plates 

 intended to illustrate it, but that the plates had been reengraved on 

 steel, and the printing nearly completed so that they expected the 

 volume to be ready for distribution in a few weeks. The Proceedings 

 of the annual meeting, held January 1st, 1879, have been printed, to- 

 gether with the lists of additions to the Library and Museum during 

 1877 and 1878, the whole forming a pamphlet of 64 pages and con- 

 stituting No. 1 of Vol. ITT of the Proceedings. A separate edition of 

 1000 copies was printed with the title, "Report on the Condition and 

 Progress of the Davenport Academy during 1878," and has beeri 

 distributed, as far as they would go, among the corresponding mem- 

 bers and principal donors to the Academy. In addition to the regu- 

 lar publi(;ations above mentioned, eight photographic negatives have 

 been prepared illustrating several carved animal pipes and other ar- 

 chaeological objects. The total recei])ts on the publication account, 

 including loans and advancements,_have been $1040.30, and expendi- 

 tures $983.54, leaving a balance on hand of $56.7(5. 



The RE<;oRi)iN<i Secretaey, Mr. C. E. Harrison, rejjorted that dur- 

 ing the year there were held ten regular and two sjjecial or adjourned 

 meetiiags of the Academy, with an average attendance of fifteen; and 

 eight meetings of the Trustees, with an aveiuge attendance of nine. 



The Librarian, Dr. T^. J. Farquharson, re]iorted 2818 additions to 

 the T^ibrary during the year 1879, making a gi-and total of 4000 

 [counting all pamphlets, etc.], a great advance upon the numl)er of 

 books on Jan. 1st, 1876, which was 118. 



The Curator, Mr. W. H. Pratt, reported that the increase in size 

 and value of the collections since his last annual report was greater 

 than during any |)revious year, consisting of contributions from over 

 100 individuals, the greater portion, however, l)eing presented by 

 four or five i)ersons. Tn the archaeological de[iartment there have 

 been acquired 3,000 flint implements, 75 stone implements, 9 vessels 

 of pottery, 4 carved stone pipes and one copper implement. The ad- 

 ditions in geology and palgeontology have not been large, but some- 



