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was $15,660.40 against $19,073.51 in 1930. The year closed with 
a credit balance of $4,261.30 and assets over liabilities of $5,- 
421.30 plus the value of back sets and volumes on hand. 
Ecology 
Official Organ of the Ecological Society of America 
Quarterly. Volume XII comprised 43 papers (besides reviews, 
proceedings, and miscellaneous matter), 744 pages and 258 text 
figures (as against 52 papers, 797 pages, 20 plates, and 177 text 
figures in 1930). The circulation at the close of the fiscal year 
(November 30, 1931) was 1140 as against 1095 one year ago. 
The annual budget was $5634.31, the credit balance $399.55 
and liabilities over assets $343.18 (against $6486.31, $204.00, and 
$146.73 assets over liabilities in 1930) plus back sets and volumes 
on hand. Dr. Alfred Gundersen continued, for the second year, 
on the editorial board as the Brooklyn Botanic Garden represen- 
tative. Mr. Barrington Moore, who was active in the establish- 
ment of ‘Ecology,’ and who has been its efficient editor from 
the first issue, January 1920, presented his resignation to take 
effect as of December 31, 1931. At the annual meeting of the 
Ecological Society of America in New Orleans, the last week in 
December, it was decided to have an associate editor as well as 
an editor. By this plan both the botanical and zoological aspects 
of ecological science have a responsible editor (in addition to the 
other members of the editorial board). Prof. Alfred E. Emerson, 
of the zoological department, University of Chicago, was elected 
Editor, and Prof. George D. Fuller, of the department of botany, 
University of Chicago, Associate Editor, both beginning as of 
January 1, 1932. 
Genetics 
In Cooperation with the Editorial Board of Genetics 
Bimonthly. Volume XVI comprised 33 papers, 680 pages, 12 
plates, and 112 text figures (as against 18 papers, 589 pages, 7 
plates, and 67 text figures in 1930). At the close of the fiscal 
year (November 30, 1931) the circulation was 685, the annual 
budget $5474.44, the credit balance $719.24, and assets over lia- 
bilities $1161.59 (as against 680, $5916.53, $459.26, and $676.63 
in 1930). Dr. Donald F. Jones, Connecticut Agricultural Col- 
lege, continued as Editor-in-Chief. 
