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provided, that the specimens received in exchange therefor shall be num- 

 bered the same as the specimens given, and be subject to the same 

 conditions. Respectfully, 



Davenport, July 2Sth, 1876. W. H. Pratt. 



On motion of Dr. Preston the donation was accepted with 

 the conditions proposed, and with the thanks of the Academy. 



July 28th, 1876. — Reoular Meeting. 



Rev. W. H. Barris, President, in the chair. 



Thirteen members present. 



Mr. J. D. Putnam reported on behalf of the Publication 

 Committee that the printers were now at work on the last sheet 

 of the first volume of Proceedings, which, it was expected, 

 would soon be ready for distribution. 



A number of donations were reported and a vote of thanks ex- 

 tended to the donors. 



A communication was read from James Terry, of Terryville, 

 Conn., recently returned from San Bernardino, Cal., requesting 

 again to exchange for copper relics. 



Mrs. Walker Adams was elected a regular member, and the 

 following persons were elected corresponding members : Dr. 

 Geo. Engelmann, St. Louis, Mo. ; Henry Ulke, AVashington, 

 D. C. ; Herman Strecker, Reading, Pa. ; E. T. Cresson, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. ; Dr. H. A. Hagen, Cambridge, Mass. ; F. W. 

 Putnam, Salem, Mass. ; S. H. Peabody, E. W. Blatchford, Dr. 

 J. W. Velie, Dr. H. A. Johnson, Chicago, Ills. ; Henry Ed- 

 wards, R. H. Stretch, Dr. Herman Behr, Dr. A. Kellogg, W. G. 

 W. Harford, San Francisco, Cal. ; Dr. Cyrus Thomas, Carbondale, 

 Ills. ; Jos. L. Barfoot, Salt Lake City, Utah ; G. C. Broadhead, 

 State Geologist of Missouri ; Dr. James Lewis, Mohawk, N. Y. ; 

 John Wolf, Canton, Ills. 



August 7th, 1876. — Biological Section. 



To-day a number of the members of the Section joined the 

 members of the County Teachers' Institute in an excursion and 

 picnic to Offkrmann's or Credit Island. Eight members of the 

 Section were present, besides about fifty persons not members. 



[Proc. D. A. N. S. Vol. II.] 5 [March 1877.] 



