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DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



which, however, should not be overlooked. From $500 to 11000 

 could hv profitably expended in these directions. 



Tlie indebtedness during the year has been as follows : 



Outstanding notes 

 Unpaid interest . . . 

 Unpaid orders. . . . 

 Open accounts. . . . 



Jan. 1880. 



$1,739.90 



39.60 



153.50 



20.25 



Totals i $1,973.25 



Jan. 1881. 



Net 

 Decrease. 



$1,389.90 

 19.20 

 50.56 



7.83 



$350.00 



40.40 



102.94 



12.42 



$1,467.49 



$505.76 



A note of $500 on account of building has been paid, and a note 

 of $150 made for a temporary loan, on account of the general fund, 

 to replace money borrowed from the endowment or building fund. 

 The hope is entertained that during the coming year the $1,000 en- 

 cumbrance on the Academy property may be removed. 



The number of life members on the books of the Treasurer is 63 ; 

 the number of regular members is 161 ; making a total of 324. Of 

 these, the numljer in good standing and qualified to vote at the pres- 

 ent time is 162. 



The Librarian, Mr. ('. T. l^indley, reported the number of books 

 now in the library, Vxdonging to the Academy, to be 1,013 bound 

 volumes, 1,596 unbound volumes and 525 pamphlets, 3,134 in all. 

 There are also 888 v-olumes and pamphlets deposited by members, 

 making a total of 4,022 volumes and pamphlets. .More than 100 

 scientific periodicals are received regvdarly in exchange for the Pro- 

 ceedings. 



The Curator, Mr. W. (). Gronen, reported as follows : 



There is here to-night among us hardly one not familiar with the 

 history of the explorations of Rev. Mr. Gass, Capt. Hall and Prof. 

 Barris. You all know what rich treasures of arch;cological and geo- 

 logical value and importance these indefatigable workers have 

 wrought from mother earth, and a glance at our collection of mound- 

 builder's pipes, copper axes and other implements of the same metal, 

 ancient pottery, stone and and fiint implements, as well as at the 

 valuable contributions of geological specimens, some of them entirely 

 new species, many of them very unique and rare, all of which, with 

 but a few exceptions, are the generous donations of these hero ex- 

 plorers, and the result of their own personal self-sacrificing work, 

 will simply justify my assertion that not only this institution, nor 



