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REPORT OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING 
OF THE 
Ohio State Academy of Science. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
The twelfth annual meeting was held at the Ohio State Uni- 
versity, Columbus, November 28 and 29, 1902. Of the forty- 
three papers on the program issued November to, forty were 
read. The attendance at the several sessions averaged about 
thirty-five, most of them members, twenty new members were 
elected. 
The by-laws were amended so as to authorize “the execttive 
committee to elect to membership candidates proposed in the 
regular manner during intervals between meetings.” 
The publication committee reported that for lack of space 
in the Academy’s last annual report several papers read at the 
previous meeting were crowded out and, with the consent of 
the authors, published in the Ohio Naturalist. The report how- 
ever, contained, in addition to the usual matter, the constitution 
and by-laws, with all amendments to date, and the president’s 
address. 
The trustees reported the receipt of a check of $250 from 
Emerson McMillin to continue his research fund. Lynds Jones 
gave an account of work done with the aid of this fund in gather- 
ing data for a catalogue of the birds of Ohio, to be published by 
the Academy. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC 
SURVEY OF THE STATE. 
We are happy to report that without any special labor om 
the part of the Committee, the Legislature, at its regular session 
for 1902, continued its appropriations for field work during: the 
next two years, granting $20,000 for 1902, and $30,000 for 1903. 
‘This work is prosecuted in cooperation with the United States 
