1922] 



SCIENCE 



105 



FINANCIAX, EEPORT OF THE PERMANENT 



SBCEETAEY FOB THE FISCAX 



YEAR 1921 



(October 1, 1920, to September 30, 1921) 



Dr. 

 To balances from last account : 



Cheeking account $ 4,344.04 



Savings account 4,227.34 



Petty cash 13.21 



$ 8,584.59 



To receipts from members : 

 Annual dues previous to 



1920 $ 5.00 



Annual dues 1920 1,563.01 



Annual dues 1921 48,190.44 



Annual dues 1922 (paid in 



advance) 348.00 



Admission fees 630.00 



Life and sustaining mem- 

 berships 2,100.00 



52,836.45 



To other receipts : 



Sales of publications $ 1,955.91 



Misc. receipts, including 

 subscriptions for journals 

 for life members from 

 Treasurer, postage, ex- 

 change, overpayments, etc. 1,385.69 



Unexpended balance of 

 funds secured by Local 

 Committee of Chicago 

 meeting 157.40 



Interest on bank account.... 127.75 



3,626.75 



$65,047.79 

 Ck. 

 By publications ; 



Publishers Science $31,353.15 



By Division and Academy Expenses: 



Division $ 1,140.00 



Academies 355.00 



1,495.00 



By Expenses Washington Office; 



Salary, Permanent Secretary.$ 2,500.00 



Salary, Assistant Secretary 750.00 



Salary, Executive Assistant 2,490.00 



Usual clerical help 1,612.98 



Special clerical help on 



membership list 1,313.27 



Travel expenses 1,475.61 



Ofaee supplies 217.66 



Stationery and printing 3,521.74 



Telephone and telegraph 124.29 



Postage 1,026.21 



Benjamin collection of por- 

 traits and autographs of 



association presidents 300.00 



Refunds on account of over- 

 payments 154.98 



Life and sustaining mem- 

 bership fees 2,350.00 



Bad cheeks 16.15 



Exchange on checks 21.91 



Miscellaneous 1,274.49 



19,149.29 



By Expenses, Chicago Meeting: 



General program $ 1,002.50 



Preliminary announcement.. 955.36 

 Refund for expenses in- 

 curred bj Section Secre- 

 taries 277.48 



Miscellaneous 82.53 



2,317.87 



By Expenses, Grants Committee 29.47 



Special Grant appropriation 500.00 



$54,844.78 

 Bj' new balances : 



American National Bank: 



Checking account $ 5,840.11 



Savings account 4,355.09 



Petty cash 7.81 



10,203.01 



$65,047.79 

 I certify that I have audited the accounts of 

 the Permanent Secretary of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science for the 

 fiscal year 1921; that they were found correct, 

 and that proper vouchers covering disbursements 

 were exhibited. 



Herbert A. Gill, 

 Washington, D. C, Auditor. 



November 26, 1921. 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 

 NATURALISTS 



The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the 

 American Society of Naturalists was held in 

 the Medical Building of the University of 

 Toronto on December 29, 1921. 



At the business meeting the treasurer's 

 report was presented, audited, and approved. 



The terms of the representatives of the 

 society in the Division of Biology and Agricul- 

 ture of the National Keseareh Council were, by 

 vote, extended six months, so as to end on 

 June 30, which is the end of the fiscal year of 

 the eouneil. Dr. Sewall Wright was elected a 

 representative of the society in the division, 

 for a term of five years, to succeed Professor 

 H. S. Jennings. The other representatives 

 are Professor Leon J. Cole (four- years), 

 Professor Bradley M. Davis (three years). 

 Professor Koss G. Harrison (two years), and 

 Professor George H. Shull (one year). 



A communication was received from a con- 

 ference of offlcers of various biological socie- 

 ties, called by the National Research Council 

 to consider the feasibility of a federation of 

 biological societies, requesting that the Ameri- 

 can Society of Naturalists appoint its president 



