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"Estimated Income "Estimated Outgo 



Regular dues Si.ooo Bulletin $1,350 



Sustaining members, dues 100 Torreya 525 



Bulletin 600 Memoirs 



Torreya 125 Index cards 150 



Memoirs 50 Sec. and treas. salary 300 



Index cards 200 Sundries 100 



Interest 75 



$2,300 



$2,300 



"On motion of Dr. Rusby the three following recommendations 

 were made : 



"i. That the annual dues for sustaining members be reduced 

 to $10 in addition to the regular $5. 



"2. That an appeal be made to the members of the Club to 

 contribute towards the removal of the accumulated deficit (now 

 approaching $2,500). 



"3. That for 1917 the number of pages published in the Bul- 

 letin and Torreya be reduced by 25 per cent, of the pagination 

 of the volumes of these periodicals for 1916, with the provision 

 that additional pages may be published if pages in excess of 20 

 for any one paper be paid for by the contributor. 



"Marshall A. Howe, 



Secretary.'^ 



The auditing committee, consisting of Dr. J. H. Barnhart and 

 Dr. M. A. Howe reported that the books of the treasurer had 

 been examined and were found to be correct. 



A communication from Dr. Jean Broadhurst relating to the 

 policy of publishing a greater number of abstracts and reviews of 

 botanical papers in Torreya was read and referred to the board 

 of editors with a recommendation that they report at the meeting 

 of February 28. 



The application of Mr. Norman Taylor for a grant of two 

 hundred dollars ($200) from the Esther Herrman Research Fund 

 was read and referred to a committee. The president appointed 

 Dr. M. A. Howe (chairman). Dr. N. L. Britton and Dr. C. Stuart 

 Gager as such committeee. 



