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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1921, 



Further, the opinion was expressed by the delegates generally (other than 

 those representing the Royal Society) that the Royal Society, being relieved of 

 financial responsibility, should otherwise act as heretofore. 



Finally the conference resolved— 



3. That a committee be appointed to draw up definite proposals in accordance 

 with the above resolutions and that the report of the committee be forwarded 

 to the council of the Royal Society. 



4. That the council of the Royal Society be requested to take such stops with 

 regard to the recommendations of this committee as they think fit. 



The committee appointed under the resolution 3 made the follow- 

 ing recommendations, subject to adequate financial provision being 

 assured : 



(a) That the central bureau be instructed to proceed with publication of 

 the 1915 issue. 



(6) That the central bureau be further instructed to collect material for the 

 period 1916=1920 with a view to the early publication of the issue 1916-1920. 



The committee further recommended — 



(c) That the council of the Royal Society request the executive committee 

 of the International Council of the Catalogue to proceed to collect information 

 as to the various issues raised in the foregoing resolutions of the conference 

 and to report at as early a date as possible. 



The fourteenth issue was not completed at the time of the meet- 

 ing. Below is a table showing the receipts and expenditures of the 

 London central bureau on account of the first 13 issues: 



1 The war began before the eleventh issue was completed, so that the falling off in receipts during the 

 last three years may be attributed to loss of subscriptions from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and 

 Belgium. 



2 The increased expenditures on the thirteenth issue arises from that issue having taken two years instead 

 of one to complete. 



From this table it will be seen that on the completion of the tenth 

 issue, before war conditions interfered, receipts and expenditures 

 practically balanced, and it is apparent that had not these unex- 



