590 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts , and Letters. 
24. Administration of the finances of the United States from 
1775 to 1789. Charles T. Bullock. 
25. Theories of commercial crises. Edward D. Jones. 
In the absence of authors, Nos. 24, 25 were read by Miss 
Bates. 
The committee on membership reported the following for elec¬ 
tion as active members: 
A. L. Ewing, River Falls. 
John Bille, River Falls. 
Freeman E. Lurton, Milwaukee. 
Frank L. Rainey, Winona, Minn. 
A. P. Wilder, Madison. 
Miss Tillie Reul, Baraboo. 
Chas. J. Bullock, Madison. 
L. S. Smith, Madison. 
J. G. Gregory, Milwaukee. 
The secretary was directed to cast the ballot of the Academy 
for these persons. It was done, and they were declared 
elected. 
The Committee on Library presented a report similar to that 
of the Library Committee of 1892, asking that recommendations 
for new library building be re-affirmed. The report was 
adopted and the Library Committee were directed to use all 
possible means to disseminate information among the legisla 
tors. (See p. 594.) 
EVENING SESSION. 
At 6:30, members of the Academy with several of their ladies, 
to the number of forty-two, sat down to the annual supper in 
Christ Presbyterian church dining room. After supper the bill 
for the establishment of a geological and natural history sur¬ 
vey of the state was discussed. Many suggestions were made 
and much valuable information elicited. 
A vote of thanks was tendered by the Academy to the local 
members for their kind entertainment. 
C. R. Barnes, 
Secretary. 
