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distancL' away and as the practice is now beino; followed of sending the 

 proofs to the various authors for correction, it is natural that some delay 

 has resulted. Nevertheless I believe the members will agree that this is 

 the most satisfactory plan to pursue, but I would like to impress upon 

 eontribiitors the necessity of returnin": their proofs with as little delay 

 as possible. 



The matter of the amount of subscrii)tion which should be con- 

 tributed by the members of the branches came up at the annual meeting 

 of the Ontario Entomolos'ieal Society and it was decided that in future 

 the annual contribution from each member of a branch should be $1.50 

 instead of $1.00. This is necessitated by the increased cost of printing 

 and the fact that it is impossible any longer to supply the Canadian 

 Entomologist to members of branches at the original low figure. This 

 proposal is dependent upon its being accepted by the various branches 

 concerned and I would ask the meeting to consider the matter. Its ac- 

 ceptance, however, will leave us with only 50 cents in hand from each 

 member and I would ask the meeting to suggest some alternative plan. 



The challenge cup for school collections of insects was won again 

 last fall by John Norquay School, South Vancouver. In the event of 

 this school winning the cup a third time, it will be necessary for the 

 Society to provide another and I would ask you to bear this possible 

 contingency in mind when planning any expenditure for the coming 

 season. 



I have to make an appeal to the members for assistance in supplying 

 records of new species or rare captures to be published in the Entomo- 

 logical Record which for some years has been compiled by Mr. Gibson 

 and Mr. Norman Criddle and published by the Entomological Branch. 

 The usefulness of this record is greatly diminished by the failure of 

 collectors to send in their records and its non-appearance lately has been 

 due to the lack of support from many of our collectors. The idea is to 

 have all records listed, whether published or not, and the proper refer- 

 ences to published records will of course be given. A record like this is 

 obviously of -great value, but I am asked to state that its continuance is 

 entirely dependent upon the degree of support that is given by collectors. 

 I ask, therefore, that all collectors who have taken any new or rare 

 species within the last two years that have not been recorded, send in 

 these names at the earliest possible opportunity to Mr. Criddle, and in 

 the case of new records the name of the specialist who determined them. 

 The 1920 number of the Record is now at press, but its publication has 

 been held up by a printers' strike. 



The finances of the Society are in a very satisfactory condition, and 

 the past season has closed with a balance of $112.56 in the bank and 

 $4.45 in cash. To this must be added the sum of $26.00 due to the Society 



