Report of the Secretary. vii 
On motion of Professor Birge the Academy voted that the 
custodian be allowed to distribute the general collection of fos¬ 
sils with the collections of the University of Wisconsin, but so 
labelled as to indicate that they are the property of the Academy. 
The collection of type specimens is to be kept separate from the 
others, and not to be included in the general university collec¬ 
tion. 
The secretary then called the attention of the Academy to the 
fact that the list of corresponding members doubtless contains 
many errors, and that while the constitution calls for both hon¬ 
orary and corresponding members, they are not so classed in 
the proceedings. Attention was also called by both the secre¬ 
tary and Professor Birge to a number of clauses in the consti¬ 
tution of the Academy, which have lost their force, and it was 
moved by the latter that the president and secretary be consti¬ 
tuted a committee with power to add to their number, to revise 
the list of corresponding members, and to prepare a revised draft 
of the constitution for adoption at a future meeting. Carried. 
The advisability of holding a field meeting in the summer of 
1893 was discussed, and the matter left in the hands of the 
council.* 
The following papers of the program were then read: 
Interpretations of the Ordinance of 1787,- by Albert H. San¬ 
ford. 
Elements Composing the Population of Wisconsin, by IT. J. 
Desmond, Milwaukee. 
Force, by Simeon Mills, Madison. 
Road Building, by John Nader, Madison. 
The Transmission of Power by Compressed Air, by C. H. 
Hile, Madison. 
The meeting then adjourned till 2 :30 p. m. 
* The council decided not to call a meeting, owing to the meeting of 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which was 
to be held in Madison in August, 1893.— Sec. 
