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membership shall be accompanied by a check for the first year's dues 

 and for subscription to the Journal. 



Voted that the recomjnendation be adopted. 



Third, The Committee recommends that permission be granted the 

 Editorial Board of the Journal to designate a circulation agent. 



Mr. Glenn W. Herrick: What does the Committee mean by 

 "circulation agent?" 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane: There are doubtless many libraries and indi- 

 viduals who would like to subscribe for the Journal, and the idea is for 

 the Editorial Board to find some member who is willing to give some 

 time to correspondence and act as a circulation agent for the Journal 

 with the intent of enlisting the help of the various entomologists to 

 secure additional subscriptions. This agent would, of course, serve 

 without pay. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: The JournalI can be furnished to additional sub- 

 scribers at very small cost to the management, and the amount secured 

 will enable the Journal to publish more matter. 



Mr. W. C. O'Kane: One hundred additional subscriptions would 

 make a difference in the financial status of the Journal at the end of the 

 year, and two or three hundred would possibly mean a larger Journal. 

 It is necessary to follow this matter up closely if the subscription list 

 is to be increased. 



Mr. Glenn W. Herrick: What proportion of our membership 

 subscribes to the Journal? 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: About 80% of the members are sub- 

 scribers. 



Voted that the recommendation be adopted. 



Fourth, the Committee recommends the adoption of the resolution 

 proposed by the conference called by the Division of Biology of the 

 National Research Council, authorizing our President and Secretary to 

 represent us at a conference which will attempt to draw up plans for a 

 federation of biological societies. <_ 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: May I ask for a statement of the anticipated 

 advantages of such an organization ''. 



President George A. Dean: Is our representative on the National 

 Research Council here? 



Mr. P.J. Parrott : We beHeve there are some important matters of 

 great interest to all scientific workers that cannot be handled by the 

 individual societies. European work is greatly demoralized on account 

 of finances. One of the objects sought to accomplish is to obtain 

 money by which American Zoologists and Biologists would control 

 their own hterature. By an organization of this character, it is hoped 

 to arrange in advance of the annual meetings for a conference of the 



