1 the working of the association. 



Subjects Considered and Eecommendations. 



(A) Membership Subscriptions, Rights of Members, and 

 Distribution of the Annual Volume. 



In dealing with these the Committee had before them the 

 following principal considerations : 



(a) That the cost of printing, and therefore the cost of the 

 Annual Volume of the Association, had considerably increased in 

 recent years before the war, and has done so very largely during 

 the war. 



{b) That under the present system whereby Life Members, 

 New Annual Members, Old Annual Members subscribing regu- 

 larly, and Honorary Corresponding Members, are entitled to the 

 Annual Volume free, a not inconsiderable iiumber receive the 

 volume who do not really require it. 



(c) That an excessive number of libraries and institutions 

 receive the volume free, and that any publications received by 

 the Association in exchange are not of commensurate value. 



(d) That in view of the above conditions the cost of the Annual 

 Volume has become an excessive charge upon the funds of the 

 Association. 



(e) That the division between Members and Associates (of 

 whom the latter have no right to hold office, serve on committees, 

 or receive the volume free) gives rise to frequent difficulty, as 

 when it is desired to appoint to office or on a committee a person 

 who has joined only as an Associate, and it becomes necessary 

 to demand from him a further subscription of £1 so that he 

 may become a ' new annual member. ' 



(/) That the present subscription for life membership (£10, 

 with right to receive the Annual Volume free) is too low. 



With these and other considerations in mind, the Committee 

 reviewed the whole question of subscriptions and the distribution 

 of the Annual Volume, and after consideration of their report, the 

 Council make the following recommendations : 



(1) New Life Membership Fee, £\b, including right to receive 

 the Annual Volume free. — Under present arrangements, Life 

 Members are asked each year whether they wish to claim the 

 Annual Volume : they should be invited to refrain from doing 

 so unless they have a real use for it. 



The Council recognise that the position of present Life 

 Members must remain unaffected. But they recommend that 

 the General Treasurer be instructed to lay before present Life 

 Members the position in respect of the increase in the cost of 

 the Annual Volume (and of the administration of the Association 

 in other directions), and to invite them, if they wish to continue 

 to receive the volume, to add a sum not exceeding £5 to their 

 previous subscription. 



(It should be added that the Committee had before thejn 

 proposals on equitable grounds for a sliding scale of life-member- 



