4 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 15 



The Pacific Slope Branch held its annual meeting at Berkeley, California, Aug. 

 4 — 5, 1921. It was well attended and the report has been published in the Journal 

 OF Economic Entomology, 



In accordance with the action taken at the St. Louis meeting, certificates for the 

 past presidents of the association have been prepared by the Secretary and will be 

 issued soon. 



Journal of Economic Entomology 



During the past year, a new contract has been placed for publishing the Journal 

 of Economic Entomology, the price of printing it being advanced about 10 or 15 

 per cent. The February and April issues were published nearly on time, but owing 

 to labor troubles which developed into a protracted strike in the printing plant of 

 our publishers, the other issues for the year were greatly delayed. The June issue 

 was not mailed until late in October and the August issue about the middle of November. 

 The October and December issues should be distributed before the end of the year. 

 This delay in publication has caused considerable dissatisfaction among our subscrib- 

 ers, and has made the work connected with the Journal for the year more difficult 

 than usual. 



A substantial balance is shown on the Journal statement at the time of closing the 

 books. This condition is due principally to the fact that bills have not been received 

 for the June or other issues following, and when these are met, the balance will be 

 less than the amount on hand last year. 



While it is not anticipated that the price of printing will increase during the com- 

 ing year, the situation is such that the Journal can scarcely publish the present 

 volume of matter on the funds received annually. If the number of printed pages 

 is to remain at the present level, the income of the Journal should be slightly increased. 

 The most feasible way of doing this appears to be to increase the number of subscribers. 

 If the members of the association would interest themselves in this matter, it should 

 be possible to increase the subscription list enough so that a larger volume of matter 

 could be published than heretofore. If this is not done, it will doubtless be necessarj' 

 to increase the price of the Journal at the beginning of the next calendar year, and it 

 is recommended that the Editorial Board be authorized to increase the rate $1.00 

 per volume inpcase this action seems necessary. 



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 a balance now remains in the Treasury as a credit to this fund. There are on 

 hand 400 unbound copies of this Index. As soon as there is sufficient money in this 

 fund to defray the expense, these copies should be bound and placed in cartons. This 

 will protect them from becoming soiled or disfigured., and they can then be held until 

 they are sold. 



Index to the Liter.\ture of American Economic Entomology, II 



This Index was completed and mailed about May 1st. The entire issue of 1000 

 copies was bound, but only 500 were enclosed in cartons. As soon as sufficient funds 

 are available, the remaining 500 should be placed in cartons. 



The Secretary was authorized to borrow $1500 to assist in financing this publication. 

 Owing to the delay in issuing the book, and because a number of belated subscriptions 

 were received, it was found at the time printing was completed, that only $1400, 



