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those whose interest in the subject or in the organization at 

 least seems to have declined. 



The Executive Committee further recommends that a 

 communication be sent by the new Executive Committee to 

 all members in arrears, calling their attention to the fact 

 that the Society is at present in need of the dues which they 

 owe to the organization, and that it has come into its present 

 condition by virtue of having printed and sent them valuable 

 publications. 



Many of these members have permitted their dues to re- 

 main unpaid through carelessness. In calling their attention 

 in this fashion to the present needs of the Society, it may 

 be hoped that some portion of the deficit which the Society 

 has incurred may be made good in that way. 



President : I am sure the Society will be pleased with 

 this report which represents such careful consideration. 



Mr. Thomson : I move the adoption of the report. 



Motion seconded. 



Dr. T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C. : May I ask Pro- 

 fessor Ward whether the Executive Committee is prepared 

 to furnish complete sets of the back volumes of the 

 Transactions ? 



Professor Ward: Unfortunately not. The series is a 

 very long one and the earlier volumes are entirely inacces- 

 sible. I believe Mr. Fearing is the only one who has a com- 

 plete set. 



Mr. Fearing: Unfortunately I have not a complete set. 

 The only complete set is in the library of the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries. 



Dr. Palmer: I had an experience with two different 

 technical publications of this character. In one case we had 

 a series of some twenty-odd volumes which there was no 

 general demand for aside from a few specialists. In the 

 other case we had a series of twenty-five or twenty-six vol- 

 umes for which there was a more general demand. Of the 

 larger series we prepared a very comprehensive index at con- 



