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The carefully prepared report of the committee on 

 science teaching formed an important part of the pro- 

 gram and elicited much useful discussion. 



The publication committee reported that the 

 Special Papers, No. 1. and 2., and the Seventh Annual 

 Report, in all 353 pages, had been published during the 

 year at a cost to the Academy of $197.10. 



REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES. 



The following grants were made from the Mc- 

 Millin Research Fund : 



W. G. Tight, to aid in the study of the preglacial drainage 



of the Muskingum valley $50.00 



J. A. Bownocker, to aid in the study of preglacial drainage 



in the Miami valley and the upper Maumee valley, 50.00 



J. H. Todd, to aid in study of preglacial drainage of Wayne 



and adjacent counties, 10.00 



Herbert Osborn, to aid in the study of the fishes of northern 



and southern Ohio, 50.00 



Total, $160.00 



The trustees have decided to use the balance of 

 $90.00 in illustrating Special Papers, No. 3, to con- 

 tain all reports of the work on preglacial drainage in 

 Ohio done by members of ):he Academy, and Mr. Mc- 

 Millin has sanctioned the use in this manner. 



The following communication has recently been re- 

 ceived from Mr. McMillin : 



New York, Dec. 14, 1899 . 

 F. M. Webster, M. Sc, Wooster, Ohio. 



Dear Sir: — I am in receipt of j-our letter of 12th, enclosing to 

 me bills of expenses incurred in research work, and paid from funds 

 I contributed to the Association, for which 1 thank you. I am send- 

 ing to-day to the Capital City Bank a check for $250.00, to be 

 placed to the credit of 3'our committee for the use of the society 

 during the coming year. Yours truly, Emerson McMillin. 



F. M. Webster, Chairmtin. 



At the Saturday morning session a committee con- 

 sisting of A. D. Selby, C. E. Slocum and J. A. Bow- 

 nocker was elected to draft resolutions to be presented 

 at the afternoon session concerning a topographic 

 survey of the state. Following are the resolutions : 



