lis DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF XATCRAL SCIENCES. 



ried out for the interests of tlie Academy, and all monies derived from 

 such sources, or special donations to the furnishing funds, shall be ex- 

 pended by them on orders approved by the President, in supplying neces- 

 sary furniture to render the rooms of the Academy comfortable and 

 attractive. It shall be their duty to present at the annual meeting a 

 condensed statement of such receipts and expenditures, and offer such 

 suggestions as may seem advisable for promoting the efficiency of such 

 objects. 



Chas. Sclimidt, Weller Reed, M. V. Gannon, P. S. Black- 

 mon, of Davenport ; Prof. T. S. Parvin, of Iowa CItj, and 

 Hon. T. H. Howe, of Pittsburg, Pa., were elected regular 

 members of the Academy. Prof. Parvin was elected a life 

 member. The names of nine persons were presented for regu- 

 lar membership, and of one hundred persons for corresponding 

 membership of the Academy. 



Dr. C, C. Parry offered the following resolution : 



Whereas, The United States Department of Agriculture, under the 

 administration of Commissioner Watts, for the past six years, has failed 

 to meet the requirements of advanced agriculture, its official acts and 

 published reports being neither creditable to the country nor of any essen- 

 tial benefit to the large agiicultural community for whose benefit it was 

 instituted, and. 



Whereas, The time has fully come when American science should be 

 properly represented at the capital of the nation ; therefore. 



Resolved, By the Davenport Academy of Sciences, that we urgently 

 recommend, as citizens of a State largely devoted to agricultural pur- 

 suits, that the position of United States Commissioner of Agriculture 

 should be filled by one whose large experience, eminent abilities, scien- 

 tific training, extensive travels and acknowledged executive ability are 

 calculated to elevate the standard of progressive agriculture, meet the 

 pressing want of supplying the necessary information in efficiently com- 

 batting insect foes, and creditably represent American science both at 

 home and abroad, and that these desirable qualifications are worthily 

 exemplified in Dr. .John L. Le Conte, the distinguished entomologist, of 

 Philadelphia, who is eminently qualified to fill such a position, with credit 

 to himself and benefit to the country at large. 



Mr. W. H. Holmes offered as au amend raent : 



Resolved, That it is inexpedient for the Academy to make any recom- 

 mendation in reference to the appointment of a United States Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture. 



The amendment, being put to vote, was lost, and after some 

 discussion the original resolution was adopted. 



