Mabch 19, 1915] 



SCIENCE 



435 



The secretary-treasurer submitted the following 

 financial statement which, having been examined 

 and found correct by the auditing committee, con- 

 sisting of Professors A. S. Pearse and E. A. 

 Budington, was accepted by the society. 



Eeceipts 



1914 

 Jan. 1 Balance on hand (Eastern 



Branch) $361.71 



18 Eeceived from Treasurer Cen- 

 tral Branch 235.51 



Beeeived during the year annual 



dues from members 247.03 



Feb. 14 Eeceived first dividend from the 

 Permanent Fund from the Cus- 

 todian, J. H. Gerould 22.50 



Oct. 13 Eeceived interest on Current 

 Punds on deposit with the 

 Title, Guarantee and Trust 



Co., Baltimore 23.58 



Nov. 11 Eeceived second dividend from 

 the Permanent Fund from 



Custodian, J. H. Gerould 15.00 



Total receipts $905.33 



Expenditures 



Jan. 3 f or " Smoker ' ' supplies $19.00 



14 for circular letter to new mem- 

 bers 1-40 



22 for typewriting by-laws for exec- 

 utive committee 1-75 



26 for stamps for mailing the above. .50 

 26 for blanks forms for addresses, 



etc., of members 1-15 



28 for express on MSS. of Pro- 



ceedings to Science .35 



29 for typewriting circular letter to 



executive committee .CO 



29 for express on "files" from Sec- 

 retary, Central Branch 1.00 



Feb. 6 for 1,000 special stamped (2 c.) 



envelopes 21.36 



11 for I. P. Binder and two pack- 

 ages Journal sheets 2.25 



28 for stamps 1.50 



Mch. 31 for addressing and mailing due 



bills and circular letters 2.55 



Apr. 13 for new journal .50 



May 30 for multigraphing blank forms. 1.50 

 June 6 for typewriting constitution, by- 

 laws, list of members 5.85 



17 for express on files, typewriter 



and MSS. to Woods Hole 1.60 



Sept. 17 for express on MSS. of List of 



Members to printer .22 



Oct. 1 for express of files and type- 

 writer. Woods Hole to Balti- 

 more 1-60 



24 for 500 copies printed constitu- 

 tion, by-laws, list of members, 



etc 75.00 



26 for 500 Columbia Clasp envelopes. 3.50 

 26 for 500 copies printed blanks for 



nominations of new members. 2.75 



26 for mailing copies of Constitu- 

 tion, etc 7.46 



Nov. 4 for 300 copies announcement of 



Philadelphia meeting 3.25 



4 for mailing announcements to 



members 1-50 



Dec. 4 for 300 copies "Preliminary 



Program" 18. IC 



12 for mailing preliminary pro- 

 grams and map to members. 3.85 

 18 for 280 special stamped (1 c.) 



envelopes 3.09 



26 for 500 printed programs for the 



annual meeting 10.40 



26 for 500 sheets tvpewriter paper. 1.90 

 28 for E.E. fare of secretary to 



Philadelphia and return .... 4.80 

 30 for expense incurred by the Sec- 

 retary in attending the annual 



meeting 16.00 



Total expenditures $216.18 



Total receipts $905.33 



Dec. 30 Balance on hand $689.15 



At sessions held during the forenoons and after- 

 noons of December 29 and 30 the following papers 

 were read either in full or by title: 



In order to complete the program by the end of 

 the fourth session and thus clear the way for ad- 

 journment to attend the session of the Naturalists 

 scheduled for the forenoon of December 31, it was 

 found necessary to provide for the simultaneous 

 meeting of two sections of the Zoologists during 

 the afternoon of December 30. At one of these 

 sectional meetings papers grouped under General 

 Physiology and some under Miscellaneous were 

 read, and those under Ecology and the remaining 

 Miscellaneous papers were read at the other. For 

 the same reason practically no time was taken at 

 any session for the discussion of facts and con- 

 clusions presented. 



Comparative 

 Nerve and Plasmodesma: H. V. Neal. (With 



lantern.) 



The present paper, based upon observations upon 

 Squalus embryos preserved by the Bielchowsky- 

 Paton method, attempts to give an answer to three 

 controverted problems in nerve histogenesis: 



1. Are connections between tube . and myotome 

 primary or secondary? 



2. Are neuromuscular connections primarily 

 undifferentiated plasmodesmata or are they pri- 

 marily neurofibrillar? 



3. Are neuromuscular connections effected by 

 indifferent — neurilemma — cells or by medullary 

 neuroblasts ? 



