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It will be seen from this table that there are only two 

 scattering copies in the Secretary's file back of 1895 and 

 that there is no copy of the 1903 number. There should be 

 in the hands of the Secretary a complete file of the Trans- 

 actions, to be kept intact as the property of the Society. 

 The Secretary would offer the suggestion that if any of 

 the older members of the Society have such back vol- 

 umes which they no longer require, it would be an excel- 

 lent thing to donate these to the Society. 



The Secretary, in carrying on the work of his office 

 has expended the following amounts: 



Postage $72.13 



($46 of this for mailing Trans.) 

 Expressage 20.55 



(mostly for material in hands of the former 

 Secretary) 

 Typewriting 12.28 



(copying scientific papers) 

 Sundries 4.45 



Total $109.41 



The Secretary has kept in mind the financial difficul- 

 ties under which the Society has been laboring and has 

 endeavored to keep his expenditures as low as possible, 

 often at the expense of much personal labor and time. 

 When the Treasurer is no longer embarrassed by a deficit, 

 much of this can be hired done, thus making the duties 

 of the Secretary less onerous. The occasional assistance 

 of a stenographer in conducting the correspondence 

 would especially lighten the work, but until the finances 

 are in better condition even this has been dispensed with. 



The deaths, within the year, of the following members 

 has been reported : 



Honorary member. 



Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, Scientific Fishery Adviser of the 

 Dutch Government, 1906. 



