REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 535 



The next paper was entitled — 



NOTES ON THE SURFACE GEOLOGY OF ALASKA. 

 BY ISRAEL C. RUSSELL. 



This communication was discussed by N. S. Shaler, T. C. Chamberlin, and 

 Mr. Russell. It is published, with the discussion, among the memoirs, form- 

 ing pages 99-162 and plate 2 of this volume. 



At the close of the discussion the Society adjourned to meet in the same 

 place at 10 a. m., December 27. 



Session of Friday, December 27. 



The Society met at 10 a. m.; President Hall in the chair. 

 The report of the Council was read, as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



To the Fellows of the Geological Society of America. 



The Executive Council preseut the following report: 



The number of Fellows now on the roll is 173, three haviug died since the 

 last meeting of the Society. The canvass of ballots cast for Fellows shows 

 an addition of fifteen to the number; so that the Society will begin the new 

 year with a roll of 188 Fellows. The Treasurer reports a balance of $1,716 

 in the treasury. 



After mature consideration, the Executive Council have determined upon 

 a plan of publication which differs not materially from that proposed in the 

 admirable report* of the advisory committee appointed at the Ithaca meet- 

 ing. For the present, there will be but one series, a large octavo, to be 

 known as the " Bulletin of the Geological Society of America." All ab- 

 stracts of papers with the accompanying discussions, as well as the briefer 

 papers, will be published in the Proceedings of the meetings ; the longer 

 papers and the discussions upon them will be published separately from the 

 Proceedings, but authors will not be required to receive the discussions with 

 their separates. A contract on favorable terms has been made with Messrs. 

 Judd & Detweiler, of Washington, D. C, for the publication of the ma- 

 terial already on hand, and the manuscript for the most part has gone for- 

 ward to the printers. Publication will be pushed promptly from this time, 

 as all preliminary matters have been settled. 



The whole matter of publication has been placed under the control of the 

 Executive Council ; but the conditions should be well understood by Fellow-. 

 The income of the Society for 1890 is likely to be not far from $1,900. 



* Copies of this report were distributed at the Toronto meeting. 



