ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY 27 
which he had no control. A resumé of the unpaid 
claims properly chargeable to 1914 is as follows: 
alance as per appeien. ee: Le lie aaa ae UAT $109.12 
Bills receivable—ad Peek ees 4.00 
$113.12 
Britis PayvaPLe 
500 American Fern Jocrnats, Vol. IV, No. 3,........ $43.25 
600 AmErRican Fern Journats, Vol. IV, No. 4. ........ 47.10 
600 Table of Contents, V Ors chr ea ieoce 4.25 
Postage, Managing Editor. . eR retire att 1.00 
Mailing and truckage, Vol. IV, No. Ss Sa yaa pee 1.57 
Author's changes. . We ieertng ce Jesup aaeeaiee eevee 5.90 
$103.07 
Balance above all charges. 60 ce a ee 10.05 
$113.12 
During the year the practice of delivering bills with 
the JourNAL has been inaugurated. This measure has 
been adopted in the interest of economy. By this 
means a saving of more than $5.00 has been effected 
over the old method of sending by letter and a still 
further saving of $5.00 could be made if members would 
be willing to have their receipts returned in the JOURNAL. 
This would involve, of course, a considerable interval 
between the payment of the bill and sending of the re- 
ceipt. 
Members residing outside of New England and New 
York City, who pay their dues by check, could contribute 
to the material welfare of the Society at trivial expense 
to themselves if they would make their checks for $1.10 
instead of $1.00. The Boston banks charge ten cents 
for collecting checks drawn outside of New England and 
the Society loses ten cents on all such accounts. 
Considerable attention has been given during the year 
to collecting unpaid dues, with very satisfactory results. 
It has been impossible to represent matters to all the 
delinquents in such a way that they were willing to face 
their obligations. Some have, but others have not, and 
