Secretary's Report. 
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Friday, December 27th. 
MORNING SESSION. 
The Academy was called to order by the secretary at 9 :45 
o’clock, neither President nor any Vice-president being present. 
Dr. J. D. Butler moved that the Secretary preside. The 
motion was put by him and it was so voted. 
The Auditing Committee reported that the Treasurer’s ac¬ 
counts were correct and that the funds of the Academy (a bond 
for $1,000 and a check for $206.25) had been placed in the hands 
of the Treasurer elect. 
The following papers were then read: 
8. Some stages in the development of rivers as illustrated by 
Deer river, Michigan. J. Morgan Clements. 
9. The adjustment of railroad rates in Prussia. B. H. Meyer. 
10. The development of the English system of convict trans¬ 
portion. Mrs. Helen F. Bates. 
11. English convicts shipped to colonial America. Jas. D. 
Butler. 
12. The freehold qualifications for suffrage with especial refer¬ 
ence to Connecticut. Florence Robinson. 
13. The importance of round numbers in estimating wages. 
Edward D. Jones. 
The Academy adjourned to 2:30 o’clock. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The Academy was called to order by the Secretary at 2:45 
o’clock. 
The report of the Committee on Membership was read, recom¬ 
mending that the following named persons be elected active 
members: 
Linnaeus W. Dowling, Madison. Edw. D. Jones, Madison. 
B. H. Meyer, Madison. A. G. Laird, Madison. 
Mrs. H. F. Bates, Madison. Chas. E. Buell, Madison. 
J. H. Hamilton, Madison. Fannie Grant, Milwaukee 
Charles F. Smith, Madison. W. W. Pretts, Monroe. 
