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certainly be published. There is one point which I hope 

 has been considered in its preparation and that is the 

 entry of every author's name in full, and where possible 

 the date of his birth and death, to follow modern biblio- 

 graphical usage and because libraries need this informa- 

 tion. The amount of $200.00 could easily be arranged 

 in some way. The work should not devolve on the regular 

 officers, but let the Secretary select a committee to do the 

 work and simply oversee it. 



Mr. Graham, of Massachusetts: It seems to me, Mr. 

 President, that it will be quite an undertaking to get some 

 one to do this work. Moreover, it will involve an expen- 

 diture of over $200.00 and we ought to know where that 

 is coming from before we spend the money, for the treas- 

 ury is not in a flourishing condition. I think the condi- 

 tion of the treasury hardly warrants the publication at 

 present. 



President : That certainly is a good business sugges- 

 tion. We have recently been through a campaign in 

 which some of us have been interested in the attempt to 

 clear the Society of debt, and, while we sympathize fully 

 with what Dr. Palmer has said, we cannot but appreciate 

 the financial difficulty. It occurs to me that we do not 

 wish to raise the money here this morning and that it 

 may be impracticable to come to a final conclusion. Our 

 Publication Committee is authorized to do certain things 

 if finances permit. I offer the suggestion that this matter 

 be referred to that committee to secure the publication if 

 possible. 



A number of members offered to contribute to a fund 

 for the publication of the index. 



The suggestion was also made that a number of the 

 earlier volumes of the Transactions, now impossible to 

 obtain, be re-issued, as it would make the index much 

 more desirable. 



President: The question has been discussed pretty 

 thoroughly, but we have no motion before us. Will some 

 one propose a definite solution of the problem? 



Mr. Graham: It seems to me that this should be 

 referred to the officers of the Society and the Executive 



