EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 13 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER 



February 19, 1915. 



RECEIPTS 



Ualance on hand February 20, 1914 $235.91 



Received from membership fees 273.00 



Received from initiation fees 19.00 



Received from exchange on checks .25 



T< )tal receipts $528.16 



EXPENDITURES 



To the Charleston Courier, printing $239.75 



To the Charleston Plaindealer, printing 17.25 



To E. N. Transeau, Secretary 52.92 



To the West Paper Co., envelopes .60 



To John C. Hessler, Treasurer 11.48 



To Herald Printing" & Stationery Co., printing 3.35 



To the Barnes-Crosby Co., Chicago 1.07 



Total expenditures $328.42 



SUMMARY 



Total receipts Feb. 20, 1914, to Feb. 19, 1915 $528.16 



Total expeditures for same period 328.42 



lialance on hand Feb. 19. 1915 $199.74 



John C.Hessler, Treasurer. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED CONCERNING 

 THE STATE MUSEUM AND STATE ACADEMY 



Whereas, The State Museum of Natural History contains 

 many collections from the State of Illinois and elsewhere in- 

 valuable to the scientific interests of the State ; and 



Whereas, These collections are housed in wholly inadequate 

 space, and displayed in an unsuitable and antiquated manner ; 

 and 



Whereas. The State Academy of Science, by its by-laws, 

 meets at intervals in Springfield, and by its work and sym- 

 pathies necessarily affiliates with the State Museum ; and 



