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doubtless because so many of the investigators holding these grants 

 have been engaged in war work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. P. Talbot, Chairman. 

 May 14, 1919. 



Report of the Publication Committee. 



The Committee of Publication submits the following report for the 

 period from April 1, 1918, to April 1, 1919:— 



During this period 846 pages of the Proceedings have been issued 

 namely, Nos. G-IO, of Vol. 53, and Nos. 1-4 of Vol. 54; also 112 pages 

 of the Memoirs, namely. No. 2 of Vol. 14. 



Toward the expense of one of these numbers (Proceedings 53:7) 

 Mr. Andrew ]\IcF. Davis contributed the sum of $100, and toward 

 the expense of another (Proceedings 54:1) the Shaler Memorial Fund 

 of Harvard Uni^■ersity contributed §387. 29. Both of these sums are 

 included in the item of "extra" reprints. 



The accounts of the Committee of Publication stand as follows: 



Balance on hand April 1, 1918 $2,485.88 



Appropriation for 1918-19 3,500.00 



Proceeds from the sale of publications 270.44 



Total available funds 6,256 . 32 



Expenses 5,084.55 



Balance on hand April 1, 1919 1,171.77 



During the year authors have ordered through the Committee 

 "extra" reprints to the amount of $631.98; to this sum should be 

 added $1,146.00 for "extra" reprints of the article in the Memoirs, 

 the bill for which was, by error, sent directly by the printer to the 

 authors. 



Professor Huntington, the Chairman of the Committee, has been 

 at Washington since June, serving as Major in the I'nited States .\rmy, 

 assigned to duty in the statistics branch of the Ceneral Stall". 



Respectfully submitted, 



Albert A. How.vrd, Aciiug Clutirman. 

 May 14, 1919. 



