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on some ground of a little higher elevation in Bates, Vernon and Jasper Counties^ 

 Mo. In Jasper County it may be found on high ground near Carterville and 

 near Carthage. 



Deposits of northern gravel {rounded granite, quartzite, etc.) I have found 

 south of the Missouri River in only St. Louis and Saline Counties. But isolated 

 boulders are found near the Missouri River at many places. Rounded boulders 

 of cretaceous and upper carboniferous are often found in the drift of northwest 

 Missouri. 



The Ohio and the Missouri I regard as the southern limit of the great north- 

 ern drift (glaciers). West of the State of Missouri the Hne trends to the north- 

 west and north. 



G. C. Broadhead. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The first day's session of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Kansas 

 Academy of Science, was held at Lawrence on the 24th ult. The afternoon ses- 

 sion was held at the parlors of the Eldridge house, and consisted first of a gen- 

 eral business meeting, at which reports of committees were read and officers were 

 elected, and secondly of a session for special business, at which action was taken 

 in regard to the geological survey of the State and in reference to the publica- 

 tion of the proceedings. Reports on the condition of the museum and library 

 were also read. 



At the evening session in University Hall the president. Dr. R. J. Brown, of 

 Leavenworth, delivered the following address upon the question : 



" IS A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE A NECESSITY ? " 



Gentlemen of the Academy of Science: — In accordance with the cus- 

 tom and rule of this academy, the president is required to deliver an address at 

 each annual meeting, upon some subject pertaining to the work of the past year 

 or on the advancement and progress of science in our midst. In response to this 

 the work and labor the members of the academy will be presented to you, as they 

 have come fully prepared with papers of great value and interest, covering al 

 branches of science, with new discoveries and new developments in every depart- 

 ment. I congratulate the members of the association upon the success of their 

 efforts to advance the interests of the academy. Time, labor and money hav^e been 

 expended to bring together so much original investigation and research that will 

 be appreciated by scientists everywhere and by the people of our State. 



