SEr'RETARY^S EEPORT 9 



Expenses. — The following table gives the cost of administration and 

 of Bulletin distribution during the past year : 



EXPENDITURES OF SECRETARY'S OFFICE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 



30, 1920 

 Account of Administration 



Printing and stationery $204 . 00 



Postage 52 . 98 



Telegrams and teleplione 25 . 14 



Repairs to typewriter and dictaptione 3.25 



Express .77 



Bookbinding 2 . 75 



Geological Magazine , 5 . 10 



Group portrait (postage, messenger, and printing) 10.80 



Group portrait 40 . 00 



Loss on foreign exchange .37 



Sundries connected with Boston meeting 12 . 07 



Total $357.23 



Account of Bulletin 



Preparation of Index to volumes 21-30 $390.00 



Clerical hire authorized by Council 300 . 00 



Postage 56.50 



Express 19.53 



Addressograph plates 3 . 58 



Telegrams 1 . 17 



Printing 2 . 00 



Messenger .65 



Exchange on checks 2 . 70 



Total 776 . 13 



Grand total $1,133 . 36 



Eespectfully submitted, 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Secretary. 



Treasurer's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



The Treasurer herewith submits his annual report for the year ending 

 November 30, 1920. 



The membership of the Society at the present time is 419, of whom 

 331 pay annual dues. Eighteen new members were elected at the last 



