Febetjakt 18, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



169 



Par Value 



$10,000 



10,000 



10,000 



10,000 



' 10,000 



10,000 



10,000 



10,000 



100 

 8,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 6,500 



20,000 

 7,000 

 8,000 



42,000 



$171,00(r 



SCHEDULE OP SECTTBITIES 



Securities Purchased 



Purchase Value 

 Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. general mortgage 4 per cent. 



bonds, due 1987 $9,425.00 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. general mortgage 4 per 



cent, bonds, due 1995 9,287.50 



Great Northern Railway Co. first and refunding mortgage 4.25 per 



cent, bonds, due 1961 10,050.00 



Pennsylvania Railroad Co. consolidated mortgage 4.5 per cent, bonds, 



due 1960 10,487.50 



Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad Co. general mortgage 4 per 



cent, bonds, due 1958 9,350.00 



Union Pacific Railroad Co. first lien and refunding mortgage 4 per 



cent, bonds, due 2008 9,012.50 



Northern Pacific Railway Co. prior lien railway and land grant 4 per 



cent, bonds, due 1997 9,187.50 



New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. 3.5 per cent. 



bonds, due 1997 8,237.50 



V. S. First Liberty Loan Bonds 91.25 



TJ. S. Second Liberty Loan Bonds 8,000.00 



TJ. S. Third Liberty Loan Bonds 2,000.00 



TJ. S. Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds 2,000.00 



TT. S. Victory Liberty Loan Bonds 6,373.66 



Bonds from Colburn Estate 



Acker, Merrall and Condit Co. debenture 6 per cent, bonds $13,600.00 



Buffalo City Gas Co. First mortgage 5 per cent, bonds 1,540.00 



Park and Tilf ord Co. sinking fund debenture 6 per cent, bonds 6,400.00 



Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern RaUioad first mortgage 4 per cent, 



bonds, due February 1, 1952 4,200.00 



$93,502.41 



25,740.00 

 $119,242.41 



Howard's audited report for the period mentioned 

 follows. 



Burton E. Livingston, 

 Permanent Secretary 

 October 23, 1920 



PERMANENT SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 

 NOVEMBER 1, 1919, TO MARCH 31, 1920 



Dr. 



To balance from last account $5,988.90 



To receipts from members: 

 Annual dues previous to 



1919 $119.00 



Dues for 1919 237.00 



Dues for 1920 36,367.50 



Admission fees 725.00 



Life membership fees... 1,150.00 

 Publications and misc. re- 

 ceipts 284.63 38,883.13 



$44,872.03 



By publications: 



To publishers Science $8,909.16 



By expenses St. Louis meeting: 



Secretaries (sectional and 



press) $709.26 



Other meeting expenses.. 328.02 1,037.28 

 By ofSce expenses: 



Salaries 2,461.02 



Extra clerical help 1,233.42 



Postage, telegraph, tele- 

 phone and express .... 891.13 



Addressograph supplies, 

 etc 397.45 



Stationery, forms, cards, 



circulars, etc 2,040.84 



Overpaid dues returned . . 8.00 7,031.86 

 By balance turned over to Burton E. 

 Livingston, new Permanent Secre- 

 tary 27,893.73 



$44,872.03 



L. 0. Howard, 

 Permanent Secretary 

 I hereby certify that I have audited the fore- 

 going accounts and fijid the same correct, and that 

 proper vouchers covering disbursements were ex- 

 hibited. Herbert A. Gill, 



Auditor 

 Washington, D. C, 

 October 12, 1920 



financial report OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY 



FOR THE PARTIAL YEAR, APRIL 1, 1920, TO 



SEPTEMBER 30, 19201 



Burton E. Livingston, permanent secretary, in 

 account with the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



iSee the report of Dr. L. O. Howard for the 

 period from November 1, 1919, to March 31, 1920. 



