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thought better to place the books received in the regular collections of the 

 state library. It is proposed to continue the exchange of back sets 

 wherever it can be done to advantage; and for this purpose, as well as to 

 provide for exchanges already made, it is recommended that the academy 

 purchase at least fifteen copies of part one of the proceedings. 



Several copies of the back numbers of the academy have been sold and 

 the money forwarded to the treasurer. It is recommended that some more 

 systematic rules regarding the distribution and sale of the proceedings 

 be adopted. Respectfully, 



H. Foster Bain, 



Librarian. 



Professor Hendrixson, for the library committee, made a 

 statement of the work of the committee with reference to sci- 

 entific books for the state library and the valuable additions 

 that had been made as a result. 



The following motion was adopted that a vote of thanks be 

 tendered the librarian and board of trustees of the state library 

 for their courtesies in hearing the requests of the academy and 

 the purchases of scientific works. 



A motion that a committee of three be appointed by the 

 chair to petition the legislature regarding the preservation of 

 forest and lake areas of Iowa and to present a memorial to con- 

 gress through Senator Gear, regarding forest preservation. 

 The committee appointed consists of Professors Macbride, 

 Pammel and Fink. The following was adopted: 



Des Moines, Iowa, January 2, 1896. 

 The Iowa Academy of Sciences, in regular session assembled, begs leave 

 to call the attention of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly of the State of 

 Iowa to the preservation and protection of our lakes in order to maintain 

 some of the original conditions of the state. They should be made pleasure 

 resorts where our citizens may spend a few days for recreation, and where 

 possible the borders of the lakes should be planted with forest trees. These 

 lakes contain large numbers of fish which alone would pay for their mainte- 

 nance. They are frequented by many birds which, without them, will be 

 driven from our state. 



Your honorable body can leave no richer legacy to future generations 

 than the lakes that dot the northern part of our state surrounded with 

 timber. We earnestly hope the Twenty-sixth General Assembly will pass 

 some measure to preserve them. 



(Signed) T. H. Macdride. 



L. H. Pammel. 

 B. Fink. 

 Des Moines, Iowa, January 2, 1896. 

 The Iowa Academy of Sciences, in regular session assembled, begs leave 

 to call the attention of the United States congress to the absolute necessity 

 of further legislation looking to the preservation and rational use of the 

 remaining forest resources of our country. The academy petitions for 



