28 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
Beers COR WARGO eg ok Als ata tats as a ee $ 60.94 
Set aside by Council Order No. 22 for printing catalogue of Her- 
Aap) ell Se SE SE ea MRP ae gen a ea eee ba carer nie it 5 
Regular fund, available for all Society expenses................ 56.11 
$142.05 
ComFARISON oF BuDGET AND PAYMENTS 
Item Allowance Payment 
ent’s expenses, postage, etc...... $ 2.00 $ 0 (no bill rec'd) 
Vice-president’s expenses, postage, etc 1 0 Matec 
Secretary's mses, printing, etc... . 25.50 23.40 
Treasurer's expenses, printing, etc... .. 15.00 15.00 
Curator’s expenses, herbarium supplies 10.00 8.87 
JouRNAL expenses: editors’ expenses. . 12.00 11.54* 
i hs publishing expenses 230.00 190.89 
The Treasurer again mentions his appreciation of 
the codperation of the officers and members of the 
ociety. 
Jay G. UNpERWoop, Treasurer. 
Report of the Editors for 1917 
The Editors greatly regret the long delay in issuing 
the last number of the Journau for the year. 
entire edition was mislaid by the express company 12 
transit between the printers’ and Auburndale, whence 
the JournaL is mailed—a misfortune doubtless due 
to the over-strain which war conditions have put 0? 
every means of transportation. 
With this untoward exception, the Journat has had 
a good year. We have had a very generous and wel- 
come gift of four fine plates from Mr. Ransier. We 
have been further fortunate in receiving articles of 
rather more than usual variety, and have a good Pros 
pect of continuing this pleasing condition during the 
coming year. We have been, for most of the tmé, 
one or two numbers ahead on copy. Under these 
circumstances, articles containing descriptions of new 
species and, to some extent, illustrated articles, 47° 
given the right of way; others are printed in the order 
of their receipt, except when occasional mechan 
