Excerpt from Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science, Vol. 10: Tenth Annual Meeting, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., February 23-24, 1917 The minutes of the ninth annual meeting, as published in Volume IX of the Academy Transactions, were read by the Secretary. Reports were made by the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Librarian, and by the committee on Conservation of Wild Life. These reports appear further along in the volume. An auditing committee, consisting of Thomas L. Hankinson, Chas. T. Knipp, and J. C. Hessler, was appointed by the Presi dent, and on motion, the Treasurer's report was referred to this committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.