706 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Report of the Committee of Publication. 



The Committee of Publication begs leave to report that there have 

 been published during the academic year 1902-3, one Memoir, Vol. V., 

 No. 12 ; two numbers of Volume XXXVII. of the Proceedings, and the 

 first twenty-three numbers of Volume XXXVIII., aggregating 812 pages 

 and 7 plates. 



Eight numbers of Volume XXXVIII. (Nos. 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 

 20, and 23), in all 138 pages, were printed at the cost of the Rumfofd 

 Fund ($487.52). The total expenditure for printing — including $ 1 2.00 

 for binding — paid from the General Fund was $2962.86. 



The unexpended balance May 14, 1902, was $443.00. The appro- 

 priation made at the annual meeting on that date was $2400.00. An 

 additional appropriation of $250.00 was made Jan. 14, 1903, and the 

 return from sales was $81.84. The total amount from the General 

 Fund available for publication was therefore $3174.84. The unex- 

 pended balance is $211.98. 



The Committee recommends for the year 1903-4 an appropriation of 

 $2600.00. For the Committee, 



E. L. Mark, Chairman. 



May 13, 1903. 



On the recommendation of the Committee of Finance, it was 

 Voted, To make the following appropriations from the in- 

 come of the General Fund for the expenditures of the Academy 

 during the ensuing year: — 



For general expenses 83000 



For publishing 2400 



For the library 



Books and binding $900 



Miscellaneous 500 



Catalogue ^L00 1500 



16900 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was 



looted, To make the following appropriations from the income 

 of the Rumford Fund : — 



For the immediate needs of the Rumford Committee in 

 furtherance of research, $1000. 



For the purchase and binding of periodicals, $150. 



