February, '21] 



BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 



includes part of the expense for mailing, and balance in the Jourx.vl fund after 

 deducting loans, from 1915 to 1920 inclusive 



The Journal is indebted to the association for funds advanced, $350.00. 



In 1920, 42 active and associats members and 41 foreign members did not subscribe 

 to the Journal. Since 1915, the cost of publishing the Journal has increased from 

 $2.24 to $4.79 per net page, amounting to 114 per cent. Until January 1st, 1920, 

 no increase in subscription rates was made, but on that date, $1.00 per volume was 

 added to the rate. This is an increase of 66% per cent, for members, and 40 per cent, 

 for non-members. The increase in costs of production has been taken up by decreas- 

 ing the size of the Journal and by borrowing funds from the association and by loan 

 of $60 by members at the Baltimore meeting, which has been credited to their 

 subscription accounts and is gradually being paid back in that way. With the 

 increase in membership of the association, the pressure for publishing articles by the 

 members has greatly increased. This has been intensified during the past year on 

 account of the extreme difficulty in inducing local, state, or Federal institutions to 

 publish the results of many investigations that have been carried on. 



vSuggcstions have been received that the stenographic report of the annual meeting 

 be dispensed with and that no discussions be printed in the Journal. On the basis 

 of the report for 1920, about 30 pages of printed matter would be eliminated by fol- 

 lowing this plan. The elimination from the February issue of the Journal of the 

 organization, list of meetings and members, would also save considerable expense. 



The judgment of the members is desired as to their wishes in this respect. 



Index to the Literature of American Economic Entomology I 

 During the past year, a considerable number of copies of this Index have been sold, 

 and it has been possible to return to the association treasury $100 which clears up 

 the indebtedness of the Index to the association. A small balance remains in the 

 treasury and there are now on hand 231 bound and 400 unbound copies which are 

 available for sale. 



It is deemed advisable to increase the price of this Index to $6.00 a copy so as to 

 make it uniform with the sale price of the new Index, which is about to be issued. 

 These prices are to be effective January 1. It is recommended that all funds not 

 needed for postage, insurance, etc., in connection with Index I, be transferred to the 

 fund that is being used for publishing Index II. 



Index to Literature of American Economic Entomology II 

 At the last annual meeting, the association voted that the editorial board of the 

 Journal of Economic Entomology should take charge of the publication of Index 

 11. 



The manuscript for this Index was jjrepared by Miss Mabel Colcord, Librarian 

 of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, and numerous assistants and experts in that 

 Bureau. The financial arrangements relative to publishing the Index were left to 

 the Secretary and the editorial work to the Editor of the Journal. Estimat2s 



