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authority conferred at the last annual meeting, empowering it to select 

 a depository for this accumulating material, hut the matter is in the 

 hands of a committee and such selection will probably soon be made. 



The matter collected by Professor Hitchcock is as follows : 



A complete set of the Reports of the Second Geological Survey of 

 Pennsylvania, 115 volumes and several elephant folio atlases. 



Reports of the Geological Surveys of other States as follows: Illinois, 

 8 volumes; Ohio, 8 volumes; Arkansas, 7 volumes; Texas, 2 volumes; 

 California, 9 volumes and pamphlets. 



Tenth Annual Report of the U. S. Geological Survey, and Bulletins 

 G2-81. 



Miscellaneous hooks, 15; pamphlets, '225, largely authors' copies, es- 

 pecially of the younger Fellows. Several lists of publications of indi- 

 vidual Fellows. 



A few volumes from exchanges, and about 30 duplicates. 



The number of contributors. 36. 



Photographs of 35 Fellow-. 



Two large maps of the United States, made for the Society. Crayon 

 portrait of Alexander Winched . 



Finances. — Following is a summary of the finances of the past year, 

 the details being given in the Treasurer's Report : 



Receipts from all sources, 83,010.52, made up of the following items : 



Fellowship fees $2,180 00 



Life commutations 100 00 



Interest and investments 102 7o 



Sales of Bulletin 426 85 



Repayments on rust of Bulletin 200 94 



3,01(1 52 

 Balance from former Treasurer L,258 95 



Total $4,269 47 



EXPENDITURES DURING THE VKAl; 



Publication of Bulletin $1,667 68 



Maps and photographs 43 83 



Administration (including Bulletin distribution] 467 91 



Investments • 1,488 90 



Total $3,668 32 



Balance in Treasury ' 601 L5 



$4,269 17 



