8 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



EXPENDITURES, 



Contribution to Pasteur monument fund $ 5. on 



Stamps and stamped envelopes 5.36 



Express and freight on proceedings 21.76 



Eeprints of Academy papers 37.00 



Miscellaneous expenses 5.14 



Total $ 74.26 



Balance 79 .91 



Total f 154.17 



The committee appointed to examine the treasurer's accounts reported 

 as follows: 



The books and vouchers of the treasurer of the Academy of Sciences 

 have been examined and found correct. 



(Signed) M. F. Arey, 



S. Calvin, 

 A. C. Page, 



Committee. 



The librarian submitted a printed report as follows: 



REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 



Des Moines, December 27, 1897. 



Gentlemen — In exchange for its proceedings, the academy is now receiv- 

 ing more than fifty periodical publications. In addition, a considerable 

 number of individual books and authors' reprints come to it. The publica- 

 tions of the national and several state geological surveys are also received. 

 These have been duly acknowledged and placed upon the shelves of the 

 state library assigned to the academy. 



Volume IV of the proceedings has been distributed to fellows, and to 

 the American and foreign exchanges. A few exchanges have been added 

 to the list. 



Following will be found a memorandum of the periodicals now coming. 

 In a few instances it has been possible, by sending both the pi'oceedings of 

 the academy and the reports of the geological survey, to obtain the back 

 numbers of these publications. In several cases the numbers for the last 

 few years are available: 



PERIODICALS COMING TO THE ACADEMY. 



Aateekeniger over Nederland; Versteeningen Leedsch, Geol. Mus. 



Academia Mexicana, Annuar. 



American Acad. Arts and Sci Proc. 



American Journal of Pharmacy. 



American Mus. Nat. Hist., Ann. and Bui. 



Biological Soc. Washington, Proc. 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 



Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist., Bui. 



California Acad. Sci., Occ. Pap., Proc. 



