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struction which now seems likely to be completed within a year 

 from the date of beginning. 



5. Research Rooms. The charge for use of a research room 

 during the summer session has remained at $100.00 since 1888. 

 The Executive Committee reviewed the situation in 1924 and 

 decided to make no change in the case of the wooden buildings, 

 but in the case of the research rooms of the brick buildings, which 

 are more than twice the size and much more amply supplied with 

 fixtures, it seemed reasonable, and wise from the point of view of 

 all members of our cooperative organization, to ask increased 

 appropriations from the cooperating institutions using them. 

 Accordingly a basic charge of $200.00 has been established for the 

 summer season with the understanding that two persons may 

 occupy such a room. This should be regarded as a first step 

 towards an equitable arrangement that will permit the most 

 efficient operation of the building for research purposes. 



6. Biological Bulletin. The forty-seventh volume of the BIO- 

 LOGICAL BULLETIN was completed in 1924. It had been main- 

 tained at about a constant size since its establishment, two 

 volumes with about 650-700 pages per year. Lately in com- 

 mon with many other biological research journals it had been 

 falling behind in promptness of publication so that about a year 

 elapsed between receipt of manuscripts and their appearance in 

 print. The cost of enlarging it so as to keep up with manuscripts 

 offered was greater than the Laboratory could well afford. It has 

 also become a very valuable medium of exchange for the library 

 as stated in Mrs. Montgomery's report. It was therefore decided 

 to enlarge it to 900 pages a year, about 75 pages per number and 

 at the same time to raise the subscription price from $6.00 to 

 $9.00 per year. Correspondingly the fees of members of the 

 Corporation, who receive the BULLETIN without other sub- 

 scription, were increased from $4.00 to $6.00 per year. The 

 increase in size began with the first issue of 1925, and it is already 

 apparent that the passage of a manuscript to publication will be 

 reduced to at most six months, and it is hoped to a still shorter 

 period. There has been no significant loss of subscriptions or of 

 membership in the Corporation in consequence of the increased 



cost. 



7. Membership of the Board of Trustees. At the meeting of the 



