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sion of cotton culture is now going on in the 

 Salt Eiver Valley and other irrigated districts 

 of Arizona and may bring the crop within the 

 range of the native weevils. 



O. F. Cook 

 BxjREAD OF Plant Industry, 

 V. S. Depaktment of Agriculture, 

 December 18, 1912 



TEE AMEBICAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS 



The Eastern and Central Branches of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Zoologists met in joint session at 

 Western Eeserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, De- 

 cember 30 and 31, 1912, and January 1, 1913, in 

 conjunction with the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and the American 

 Society of Naturalists. 



The following officers of the Eastern Branch 

 were elected for the year 1913: 



President — Eaymond Pearl, Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Orono, Me. 



Vice-president — Alexander Petrunkevitch, Yale 

 University, New Haven, Conn. 



Secretary-treasurer — Caswell Grave, Johns Hop- 

 kins University, Baltimore, Md. 



Additional Member of the Executive Committee 

 — C. E. McClung University of Pennsylvania, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. 



These officers, in addition to E. G. Harrison 

 (elected at the Ithaca meeting in 1910) and H. E. 

 Jordan (elected at the Princeton meeting in 1911), 

 will constitute the executive committee of the 

 Eastern Branch for the ensuing year. 



The present officers of the Central Branch con- 

 tinue until the next meeting of this branch. 



The president of the society as a whole until 

 the next joint meeting is Henry B. Ward, Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, Urbana', 111. 



The following persons were elected to member- 

 ship in the American Society of Zoologists: 



Eastern Branch — Ethel N. Browne, Princeton 

 University; Esther F. Byrnes, Brooklyn High 

 School for Girls; Wayland M. Chester; C. G. 

 Oampton, Massachusetts Agricultural College; 

 Edward C. Day; Alfred 0. Gross, Bowdoin Col- 

 lege; E. Newton Harvey, Princeton University; 

 Davenport Hooker, Yale University; Otto F. 

 Kampmeier, University of Pittsburgh; Henry 

 Laurens, Yale University; Samuel C. Palmer; 

 Edward E. Wildman, West Philadelphia High 

 School. 



Central Branch — Alexander MacGillivray, Cor- 

 nell University; Gideon S. Dodds, University of 



Missouri; George A. Baitsell, Central College; W. 

 C. Allee, University of Illinois; Ante Eichards, 

 University of Texas; Bertram G. Smith, State 

 Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.; William Scott, 

 University of Indiana; W. A. Willard, University 

 of Nebraska; Addison Gulick, University of Mis- 

 souri; Eobert K. Nabours, Kansas Agricultural 

 College; Mary T. Harmon, Kansas Agricultural 

 College. 



Elected to honorary membership, in recognition 

 of his services to American zoology, Honorable 

 James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United 

 States. 



Professor Nutting reported that the committee 

 on zoological nomenclature, appointed by the Cen- 

 tral Branch at its last meeting, had published its 

 report in Science, December 13, 1912. The report 

 was approved. 



Professor S. A. Williston was elected a delegate 

 at large to the Eighth International Zoological 

 Congress at Monaco and requested to present the 

 above report to the congress. The executive com- 

 mittee of the society was authorized to appoint an 

 alternate. 



The report of the treasurer of the Eastern 

 Branch was presented as follows: 



Investments : 



From Eaymond Pearl, Certificate of 

 Stock No. 11,865 Industrial Savings 



and Loan Co $150.00 



Current funds: 



Eeceived from E. Pearl 195.41 



Interest on current funds 2.18 



Dividend from stock 3.75 



Dues from members 187.00 



From treasurer Central Branch, for 



share of printing members' list .... 18.95 



Total receipts in current funds $407.29 



Disbursements 



Smoker, Princeton meeting $7.00 



Express on records from Orono, Me 1.15 



Postage and envelopes 15.90 



Membership cards and receipt book 2.75 



300 copies list of members ($45.00) with 



envelopes 46.35 



Clerical assistance 5.98 



Fees of notary and clerk of court .77 



Secretary's ticket, Hanover to Cleveland . 36.10 



Total disbursements $116.00 



