12 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1898-99. 



To the President and Members of the Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club : 



The Treasurer begs to report that although the 

 finances of the Club are in a satisfactory condition, as far as 

 the balance is concerned, they are in a very unsatisfactory state 

 with regard to the payment of subscriptions by members at the 

 time they are due. By an expenditure of much time and 

 labour, a large amount has been collected for arrears ; but the 

 payments on account of the current year's subscriptions are 

 not at alj what they ought to be. The Treasurer makes an 

 earnest appeal to the members to pay in their subscriptions at 

 the beginning of the Club year instead of waiting until the end. 

 The printers must be paid month by month, and were all fees 

 paid when due, the Council could carry out much good work 

 which has to be left undone, owing to uncertainty as to when 

 funds will be available. Further, owing to neglect on the part 

 of members to pay their fees unsolicited, the Club is put to 

 much extra expense for postage, and the work of the Treasurer 

 is much more than doubled. 



Another matter which the Treasurer considers it his duty 

 to again bring prominently before the members of the Club, is 

 the patronage of those firms who help the Club by advertising 

 in the Ottawa Naturalist. These are all first-class houses 

 who will supply goods, at least equal in quality to those to be 

 obtained anywhere else, and it is only reasonable that they 

 should expect to receive an mcrease of business from the 

 members of the Club, whose interests they serve by advertising 

 in the Club organ. 



^^ Your obedient servant, 



JAMES FLETCHER 



Treasurer. 



