xl Trans. Acad. Sct. of St. Louis. 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
General OXPOMBOE 6b eke crease rs che eh aeueae un ben cena oe $ 476.38 
Current OXDODSES oo scacis ceed Nielche cb bebe ee ad sis wes base Hie 120.00 
Printing transactions |) os vibes’ desc nso oobw reas hen eee vis we ae 267.79 
EM PIOV OOS: iiss sia ORs 6 HEN 4a eee eee pia ini ho -ecn ie aiia ios 1,100.00 
NOUR! oi ccs cle Sale Ub Genus bbe ene le hme ONG CDK cme farm SPREE: es 
Balance on hand December 31, 1908. .........cccccscceccsves 792.63 
$3,146.35 
The above report suggests several things to the careful reader. 
There is a regrettable laxity in the payment of dues. The annual 
dues for resident members is $6.00, and for non-residents, $3.00. Hence 
the income from fees alone should have been $1,320.00 plus $90.00, 
making $1,410.00, which is $202.00 more than the Treasurer’s Report 
shows. Had all the dues been paid, including back dues long unpaid, 
we should have been able not only to pay an overdue bill of $389.55 for 
printing a scientific paper in 1907, but we could have printed several 
papers submitted for publication during 1908. As it was, but a single 
short paper of ten pages was printed and distributed throughout the 
wide circle of our exchanges, some 585 in number. 
We are fortunate in our tenants who use rooms we are able to 
spare permanently or the Lecture Hall on specified evenings when not 
needed by the Academy. So great is our need of income for the 
purpose of publishing papers, that we are willing and even desirous 
of renting a fine first floor room, with the occasional use of the lecture 
hall, at the present time. The room is heated, lighted, and cleaned, 
and in every way suited for a club or league of scientific, literary or 
artistic character. 
Our fixed charges are relatively large. The monthly pay roll is 
$100.00, and the incidentals for printing, postage, fuel, repairs, etc., 
carry the total fixed charges for the year up to $1,800. 
An estimate can now be made of the possible amount of money 
available for printing and distributing scientific papers in 1909 on the 
basis of present membership, tenants and endowment, as follows: 
Annual dee (DOSSTRIA) iocies pak vas vee ee a oh cae ees th $1,500.00 
From tenants ......... CSERARAEAPTKCASAKAL ERED IDLO Oe en 650.00 
From: $3,000! mortgage i) oie SiN Ee ei ee 180.00 
From $1,000 certificate of deposit oes is ese sees elas Wein ew as 40.00 
$2,370.00 
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