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publication of the Transactions. This task for the past 

 year has involved more than the usual amount of respon- 

 sibility and labor, since the very limited program pre- 

 sented at the San Francisco meeting provided, aside from 

 the Proceedings, only enough material for the December 

 number. The remainder of the papers published during 

 the year have been furnished by members at the personal 

 request of the editor, and this involved no little corre- 

 spondence as well as anxiety. However, I believe the 

 quality of the Transactions has in no way suffered. 

 The four numbers, the last of which is just now off the 

 press, comprise about 240 pages. 



One of the most important occurrences of the year, 

 or in fact of recent years, was the addition to our mem- 

 bership of fifty new Patrons, following the San Fran- 

 cisco meeting, — chiefly through the agency of Capt. Jef- 

 ferson F. Moser of San Francisco. 



The number of active members has been increased 

 during the year by about twenty. The names of these 

 members appear in the revised membership list just is- 

 sued in the September number of Transactions. Ac- 

 cording to the by-law passed at the last meeting these 

 were elected by the committee formed for that purpose. 

 In other words they became members at once, receiving 

 the Transactions for the year and being listed as of 

 the year 1915-16. 



The sale of publications has been very slight during 

 the year, amounting to only twelve numbers of the quar- 

 terly, for which six dollars was realized. 



There is on hand a large number of the issues of for- 

 mer years, especially from 1904 to the present time. 

 This fact forms the basis for a recommendation to the 

 Society to be presented later. The Secretary's file, to be 

 kept permanently in the hands of the Secretary, is still 

 lacking the 1903 volume, as well as those previous to 

 1893. Members encountering these volumes are urged to 

 secure them for the Secretary's file, as it is evident that 

 there should be as complete a file as possible of the So- 

 ciety's publications in the possession of the Society. 



