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tions. Consequently, the work of this committee seems to us 

 rather a hopeless task. 



The chairman of the committee recommended that this com- 

 mittee be discharged. The report was accepted and the commit- 

 tee discharged. 



Mr. Forbes. — "Two years ago we took up the matter of the 

 publication of the transactions of the Academy by the State. We 

 consulted a number of the representatives in Springfield and 

 under the conditions which prevailed at that time, we deemed it 

 unwise to bring this bill forward. We felt practically certain 

 that this bill would not be allowed, and we did not wish to sub- 

 ject the Academy to the experience of having its first request 

 refused. 



"So far as we can now see. conditions are more favorable, and 

 we have drawn up another bill based on that which was passed 

 in Indiana, and I have placed this bill in the hands of our sec- 

 retar}-." 



The action of Mr. Forbes and the secretary was unanimously 

 approved. 



Report of the Nomination Committee : 



President — W. A. Xoyes, of Urbana. 



\'ice President — J. C. Udden. of Rock Island. 



Secretary — F. C. Baker, of Chicago. 



Treasurer — J. C. Hessler, of Decatur. 



For member of the publication committee — A. R. Crook, of 

 Springfield. 



For the membership committee — H. C. Cowles. of Chicago; 

 Marion \\'eller. of DeKalb ; E. X. Transeau, of Charleston; C. C. 

 Adams, of Urbana ; J. \\'. Read, of Jacksonville. 



The report of the committee on nominations was adopted. 



The secretary reported that there was but one life member. 

 Dr. \'. A. Latham, and suggested that the number of these mem- 

 berships might be largely increased. 



The reading of papers was now resumed. 



The Channahon and Essex Limestones in Illinois, by T. E. 

 Savage. 



Ecological Studies of the Prairie and Forest in Illinois, by 

 Charles C. Adams. 



A Handbook for Students of Animal Ecolog}', by Charles C. 

 Adams. 



