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ety of the association. Its officers are : Presi- 

 dent, Mr. L. S. Klinck, University of British 

 Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; secretary, Mr. 

 Fred H. Grindley, Gardenvale, P. Q., Canada. 



(17) The Executive Committee reaffirmed 

 the desirability of holding the 1925 meeting in 

 Kansas City, and expressed its appreciative 

 thanks to the persons and organizations from 

 whom invitations to meet in that city have been 

 received. 



(18) The policy of Section N (Medical Sci- 

 ences) was approved, by which it is planned 

 that the program of this section, at the annual 

 meeting, shall deal with such fields of work as 

 parasitology, medical entomology, public health 

 service, and others, where many medical scien- 

 tists have common interests with those working 

 in other fields of biology. 



(19') A committee was appointed, consisting 

 of the president, the general secretary and the 

 permanent secretary, to arrange for the send- 

 ing of delegates to the Hull meeting of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



(20) The proposed federation of biological 

 societies was considered at length, and the com- 

 mittee expressed itself as in sympathy with 

 the general aims of the societies involved. The 

 hope was expressed that the organization of 

 the association may be of service to the new 

 federation. 



(21) The controversy aroused by recent pop- 

 ular publications regarding the theory of evolu- 

 tion was considered, and a committee of three 

 was appointed to deal with this matter and 

 make recommendations at the meeting of the 

 executive committee. The committee on the 

 evolution controversy consists of Dr. Edwin G. 

 Conklin, Princeton University, Dr. C. B. 

 Davenport, Station for Experimental Evolu- 

 tion; and Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City. 



(22) The permanent secretary was asked to 

 secure manuscripts for the general program 

 for the fourth Boston meeting as early as may 

 be, to the end that the difficulties of publica- 

 tion may be obviated as far as possible. 



(23) The section committee of Section Q 

 (Education) was authorized to publish a sep- 



arate section program for the fourth Boston 

 meeting — the expense, not to exceed $25, to be 

 met by the permanent secretary from current 

 funds. 



(24) The permanent secretary was authorized 

 to provide suitable messenger service for the 

 sessions of the biological societies meeting at 

 Boston. 



(25) It was voted thait it is desirable for the 

 association to secure a distinguished European 

 scientist for an evening lecture at the fourth 

 Boston meeting. 



(26) The committee adjourned to meet in 

 New York City (in the offices of the Science 

 Press, by invitation of Dr. Cattell) on Satur- 

 day, October 21, 1922. 



Btjeton E. Livingston, 

 Permanent Secretary 



PERMANENT SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR 

 THE HALF-YEAR ENDING MARCH 3\, 19221 



The last volume of the Summarized Pro- 

 ceedings, published in October, 1921, is now 

 nearly out of print. The total cost of publica- 

 tion was $6,744.16 and sales have amounted to 

 $2,587.00, making the net cost, at the present 

 accounting, $4,157.16. The volume is being 

 sold to members for $2.00 and to others for 

 $2.50. Fifty copies remain to be sold, besides 

 twenty copies reserved for complete sets. — 

 A booklet of information for prospective new 

 members, which contains a statement of the 

 organization and work of the association, was 

 j)ublished in January. Copies may be secured 

 from the permanent secretary's office. — The 

 resolution regarding the United States Forest 

 Service, adopted at the recent Toronto meeting, 

 was printed as a leaflet and sent to all members 

 of Congress and to other officials. 



Invitations to join the association have been 

 sent to 28,303 persons, of whom 830, or 3.4 

 per cent., have already joined. From Septem- 

 ber 30, 1921, to March 31, 1922, 1,111 new 

 annual members and 9 new life members have 

 been enrolled, and 22 members have been rein- 

 stated; the total gain was 1,142. During the 

 same period 67 deaths were recorded, and 265 



1 Presented to the Executive Committee of the 

 Council on April 23, 1922. 



