5 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Regarding entomological supplies, arrangements were made last 

 year, in accordance with the wish of the Society, that these should be 

 kept in stock by a local dealer, and Mr. Litchfield, Stationer, 1109 Gov- 

 ernment Street, now carries a supply of sheet cork, but pins were un- 

 obtainable and will have to be ordered from the makers by those wanting 

 them. 



During the year Mr. J. M. Anderson presented the Society with all 

 his Entomological Bulletins and paj^rs. These are all of an economic 

 nature and are the only additions to the Society's library that have been 

 made this year. During the summer the Society's Proceedings No. 11 

 were published by the Department of Agriculture. In view of the high 

 cost of printing and the difficulty the Society has of meeting the cost of 

 producing its bulletin, this assistance from the Department is very wel- 

 come. In various small matters, such as the cost of mailing and 

 envelopes, we have also received assistance. Bulletin No. 14, being 

 the proceedings of the year 1919, was published this winter. We are 

 still in arrears with the printing of our 1920 proceedings, but as the 

 Society has a cash balance sufficient to meet this outlay, it is hoped this 

 may be published shortly and so bring our bulletins up to date. This is 

 an urgent matter and I suggest to the meeting that the Society's funds 

 should be expended on this rather than on other matters, as the value 

 of our publications is greatly lessened by their being delayed. Bulletin 

 No. 13, of the economic series, will be prepared for the printer during 

 the coming season. I have to point out that with regard to the printing 

 of these Proceedings by the Government we have to wait until their 

 own work is out of the way and they have time to attend to ours, 

 and this accounts for much of the delay in producing the economic 

 series. Another reason is that we are usually short of economic papers. 



The finances of the Society are in a very satisfactory condition. We 

 have a balance in the Savings Bank, $439.80, and cash in hand to the 

 amount of $16.02, total $455.82. Against this we are liable for the cost 

 of printing Bulletin 14, $145.38, and $5.00 has been set aside for prize 

 money for Langley Fair, leaving $289.42 to commence the year with. 

 The cost of printing Bulletin 16 is estimated to be $225.00, leaving us 

 with $64.00 in hand for current expenses. These should be light during 

 the coming year, as we have eliminated a number of small expenditures 

 and the matter of a cup for the best insect exhibit is already provided for. 



I wish to draw the attention of the Society to the desirability of 

 finding a more suitable location for our library. It will be remembered 

 that this question came up and was discussed at our last meeting, but 

 at that time no more suitable arrangement than the present one was 

 under consideration. At present the library is located in Mr. Black- 

 more's house, and while we appreciate his efforts in the matter, and his 

 generosity in providing space for it, there are decided drawbacks to the 

 arrangement, the chief of which is that it is not readily availaljle to 



