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Plan for Financing the Bibliography 



As the Association has at present no fund adequate to defray the cost of such a 

 publication, the committee recommends that Part IX be sold to all who desire it, 

 at such a price that the amount obtained from the early sales will nearly cover the 

 cost of the whole edition, leaving the proceeds of later sales to aid in publishing future 

 issues of the Bibliography or similar works. According to the list of 1912, this As- 

 sociation has an American membership (both active and associate) of 328, and 54 

 foreign members. A good proportion of American members, as well as a few foreign 

 members, will doubtless purchase the Bibliography either for private use or for their 

 department libraries and some will take a copy for each. Many institutions and 

 large libraries will surely purchase one or more copies later. 



This committee, therefore, recommends that after the manuscript has been pre- 

 pared, the Secretary of this Association, through correspondence and by means of 

 advertisements in the Journal or elsewhere, obtain advance orders for Part IX 

 of the Bibliography at a price, depending on the cost of publication and upon 

 the number of advance subscriptions, to be fixed later by the editorial board of 

 the Journal, which should also be given authority to decide on all details of pub- 

 lishing the Bibliography not otherwise covered by this report. 



The members of this committee have known for some time of the manuscript 

 Catalogue of the Described Transformation of American Lepidoptera prepared by 

 Mr. A. N. Caudell. We learn that there is no prospect of its being published by the 

 government, and it has been suggested that this also may be undertaken by the 

 Association. The work would comprise about 600 pages and can be printed in an 

 edition of 500 copies for about $1,200. If this organization would become respon- 

 sible for the project, this great aid to economic workers could be sold for about 

 $6 per copy with a very fair prospect that the organization would recoup expenses, 

 or nearly so, with the sale of 200 copies within a year of issue. In view of the great 

 value of the work to our members and the prestige incident to its publication, we 

 believe this a highly desirable line of activity for the Association. We, therefore, 

 recommend that the editorial board be authorized to arrange for its publication 

 if found desirable. 



All of which is respectfully submitted: 



W. E. Britton, Chairman. 

 E. P. Felt, 

 J. J. Davis, 



Committee. 



Mr. W. E. Britton. I would recommend that if there is time to 

 discuss this matter it might be well to do so now, but that final action 

 on the report be delayed in order that the members may have an 

 opportunity to consider it thoroughly. 



Mr. J. M. Aldrich: Mr. J. J. Davis, a member of this committee, 

 was not able to attend this meeting but asked me to say that he was 

 very much in favor of the publication of the bibliography of economic 

 entomology by the Association and I am sure that he would endorse 

 that part of the report if he were present. 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane: I would like to inquire'the reasons for deferring 

 the publication of the bibliography until the completion of the ten- 

 year period, rather than going ahead with it for a five-year period. 



