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sense of responsibility on the part of the investigators with respect 

 to the care and efficient use of such apparatus, without in any way 

 hindering the progress of their work. 



The Committee has also made an appropriation of $133.50 for the 

 reprinting of two hundred copies of each of five papers covering 

 investigations by Professor Charles F. Mabery, for which grants have 

 previously been made from the Warren Fund. The supply of these 

 papers has been exhausted, and requests are still made to the Librarian 

 for them, either separately or to complete sets of the Proceedings. 



At the meeting of the Academy in March, 1915, a further appropria- 

 tion of $550 was made for the use of the Committee. The balance in 

 its hands at the present time is $651.50. 



Reports have been received from most of those who have unfinished 

 investigations under way for which grants have been made. No papers 

 are reported as having been published during the year, but several 

 investigations are apparently nearing completion. 



Respectfully, 



H. P. Talbot, Chairman. 

 May 12, 1915. 



Report of the Publication Committee. 



The Committee on Publication has the honor to report as follows : — 



Between April 1, 1914, and April 1, 1915, there were published one 

 number of Volume XLIX (No. 12) and eight numbers of Volume L, 

 of the Proceedings, aggregating 272 pages. This is much below the 

 average number of pages usually printed per year. There are, how- 

 ever, four papers of considerable length in press, and there is also a 

 large quantity of manuscript on hand, which will bring the present 

 volume about up to the standard size. 



There was available for the use of the Publication Committee, an 

 unexpended balance from last year of $5.06, an appropriation of $2500, 

 an additional appropriation of $525.64, and a sum of $294.46 from the 

 sales of publications to March 2 — in all $3,325.16 from the Publica- 

 tion Fund and sales. Bills against this appropriation to the amount 

 of $1,982.50 have been approved by the Chairman. This leaves an 

 unexpended balance of $1,342.66 plus the amount on hand for sales of 

 publications from March 2 to April 1. 



Bills aggregating $332.09 for the publication of papers on light and 



