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date of expiration before which titles should be received was fixed as 

 November 12. At that date it was apparent that the number of 

 papers that would be on the program at this meeting would not be 

 very large. The number of titles received for the meetings of the 

 section on horticultural inspection was very small indeed and only 

 one paper was received for the section on apiary inspection. That 

 was the condition when the program was made up and the tim.e was 

 allotted, believing that the sectional meetings would be very light and 

 that there would not be serious interference with the general meeting 

 of the Association. On the general program of the Association the 

 papers were classified so as to interfere as little as possible with the 

 sectional programs. Between the time that the program went to 

 press and the galley proof was returned, a considerable number of 

 titles were received and these were inserted in the proof. After the 

 program had been printed and distributed more titles were received, 

 so that this explains the practical difficulty with which the Secretary 

 is confronted if he tries to accommodate all the members who wish 

 to send in titles. Last night on talking with Doctor MacGillivray, 

 secretary of the Entomological Society of America, it was suggested 

 that the meetings of this Association be held during the first part of 

 the week, and that those of the Entomological Society of America 

 take place later in the week. This arrangement will undoubtedly 

 give us an opportunity to hold the sectional meetings with less inter- 

 ference than we have had at this meeting. If we meet at Philadelphia 

 next year there will be a heavy program and it will take considerable 

 planning to arrange it satisfactorily. I can assure you that the Secre- 

 tary will be glad of any suggestions which will aid in making the pro- 

 gram more satisfactory. 



Mr. Herbert Osborn : I would like to ask the Secretary if it 

 would not be possible to print the program separately from the Jour- 

 nal. This might avoid the difficulty of reading the proof of the 

 Journal and the expense of sending out separate programs would be 

 a minor consideration. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: This would probably result in allow- 

 ing the titles to be sent in several days later than in previous years, 

 but still it would be necessary to forward the programs in good season 

 owing to the large amount of mail which is handled at Christmas 

 time. I do not think there is serious difficulty in getting out the 

 Journal if the titles come in promptly so that we have the business 

 to handle. We don't get the titles promptly and this makes difficulty 

 in handling them. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: It would not save materially in making up the 

 Journal whether we had the program in it or not. Sometimes we 

 are delayed a little on account of the program. 



