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1930) was 1673 as against 1622 one year ago. The annual budget 
was $19,0733.51 against $15,807.77 in 1929. The year closed 
with a credit balance of $2578.88 and assets over liabilities of 
$6515.19, plus the value of back sets and volumes on hand. 
Ecology 
Official Organ of the Ecological Society of America 
Quarterly. Volume XII comprised 52 papers (besides reviews, 
proceedings, and miscellaneous matter), 797 pages, 20 plates, and 
177 text figures (as against 38 papers, 563 pages, 61 plates, and 
36 text figures in 1929). The circulation at the close of the fiscal 
year (November 30, 1930) was 1095 as against 1048 one year ago. 
The annual budget was $6486.31, the credit balance $204.00, and 
assets over liabilities $146.73 (against $5946.39, $1060.73, and 
$698.66 1n 1929) plus back sets and volumes on hand. Mr. Bar- 
rington Moore, Washington, D. C., continued as Editor-in-Chief. 
With the January 1930 issue Dr. Alfred Gundersen became the 
Botanic Garden representative on the editorial board. 
Genetics 
In Cooperation with the Editorial Board of Genetics 
Bimonthly. Volume XV comprised 18 papers, 589 pages, 7 
plates, and 67 text figures (as against 23 papers, 644 pages, 19 
plates, and 62 text figures in 1929). At the close of the fiscal year 
(November 30, 1930) the circulation was 680, the annual budget 
$5910.53, the credit balance $459.26, and assets over liabilities 
$676.63 (as against 623, $5957.63, $640.70, and $254.80 in 1929). 
Dr. Donald F. Jones, Connecticut Agricultural College, continued 
as Editor-in-Chief, 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record 
Bimonthly. Volume XIX (1930) comprised 289 pages. As 
usual, the March number comprised the Annual Report. The May 
number, entitled Views in Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1930-1935, 
was devoted to illustrations of architect’s and landscape architect’s 
plans of features needed in the Garden, which might be provided 
