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for the payment, of an assistant. The Committee also voted to 

 appropriate sufficient money from tlie funds at its disposal to provide 

 for the reprinting of two papers describing work done by Professor 

 Mabery under grants from the Fund, namely Vol. 30, no. 1, and Vol. 

 31, no. 1. These are now out of print. 



After deducting the amount of the appropriations to Professors 

 Norris and Jones the Committee has at its disposal at the present 

 time $1,201.50, from which must be further deducted the amount 

 necessary to pay for the printing, probably in the vicinity of $30. 



The question of the practicability of publishing a list of the current 

 publications of the Academy in connection with the notices of meetings 

 was raised with the Recording Secretary, and the suggestion has since 

 been put into effect. 



The work of Professor Harkins on the surface tension at the inter- 

 face between two liquids has been completed, and the results are 

 being published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. 



There is evidence that satisfactory progress is being made in other 

 researches, and that other work will be published during the coming 

 year. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. P. Talbot, Chairman. 

 May 10, 1916. 



Report of the Publication Committee. 



The Committee of Publication submits the following report for 

 the period from April 1, 1915 to April 1, 1916. 



During this period, 778 pages of the Proceedings have been issued, 

 namely, Nos. 9-13 of Vol. 50 and Nos. 1-10 of Vol. 51. 



One of these numbers (No. 2 of Vol. 51), costing $300 was paid for 

 out of the funds of the Rumford Committee. 



The accounts of the Committee of Publication up to April 1, 1916, 

 stand as follows: 



Balance on hand April 1, 1915 $1,670.04 



Appropriation for 1915-1916 3,000.00 



Proceeds from the sale of publications 163.40 



Total available funds 4,833.44 



Expenses (including an item of $32.52 for a riuining ad- 

 vertisement in "Science") 3,424.89 



Balance on hand April 1, 1916 $1,408.55 



