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The distribution of the fiinds expended is as follows : 



To members of the Ohio Academy as refunds from the A. A. 



A. S $ 46.00 



To E. L. Rice, Secretarial expenses 12.51 



To Independent Print Shop 53.25 



To Spahr & Glenn, Printers 8.75 



To Hiss Stamp Company 1.40 



To James S. Hine for Ohio Journal of Science 500.00 



To T. C. Mendenhall, for coupons from bond 4.15 



To B. E. Livingston for A. A. A. S 580.00 



$1,206.06 

 Cr. 



Balance carried forward $ 363.90 



Cash deposited 1,357.90 



$1,721.80 



Dr. 



As itemized expenditures $1,206.06 



Balance in hand 515.74 



$1,721.80 



The Treasurer feels that the Academy is on a sound financial basis 

 as is indicated in the report. He wishes to take this occasion to thank 

 the members of the Ohio Academy of Science for their cordial support. 

 There have been several cases of delays and misunderstandings in the 

 collection of the joint dues for the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science and for the Academy. This is greatly to be regretted 

 but from a careful study of the methods of payment, the Treasurer 

 believes that the system will be practically automatic in another year. 

 In order to avoid all trouble and inconvenience, prompt payments 

 should be made in the early autumn when the bills are sent out. This 

 insures prompt notification of the subscription managers of Science 

 and of the Ohio Journal of Science and uninterrupted delivery of 

 the two journals. Unless the Treasurer has the unanimous co-operation 

 of the members in the matter of promptness, he cannot assure them of 

 immediate attention. He is at all times glad to have reports of errors or 

 delays and willing to do everything he can to adjust matters to the 

 satisfaction and convenience of the members. During the year the 

 present Treasurer has just served he has done practically all the work 

 of billing, dunning, and corresponding unaided. This was done, not so 

 much with the desire to save the slight cost of additional help, as in the 

 hope that he might come to know all the details of the job and espe- 

 cially to straighten out accounts of members in arrears. It is to be 

 hoped that members will take care of their arrearage sooner in the 

 future, but this matter, in the case of those member^ of the Academy 

 who are also A. A. A. S. members, will quickly adjust itself. In the 

 itemized account of the funds the deposits are somewhat swelled because 

 of arrearage. Because there is no adequate adjustment of this for the 

 Ohio Journal an increase to the Journal was given this year. 



