SECRETARY S REPORT / 



Index. — An index volume to volumes 21 to 30, inclusive, of the Bulle- 

 tin has been compiled and printed under the supervision of the Editor, 

 and it will be distributed early in the year 1931. 



Distribution of the Bulletin. — There have been received during the 

 year fifteen new subscriptions to the Bulletin ; forty-four have not yet 

 been renewed. The number of volumes sent out to subscribers is now 138. 

 Five volumes are distributed gratis to the Library of Congress, the Amer- 

 ican Museum of JSTatural History, and the government geological surveys 

 of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 



The irregular distribution of the Bulletin during the past year has 

 been as follows: Complete volumes sold to the public, 198; sent out to 

 supply delinquents, 3; brochures sold to Fellows, 56; sold to the public, 

 •186; sent out to supply delinquents, 53, and deficiencies, 30. Index to 

 volumes 1-10 sold to the public, 2; Index 11-20, 2. 



Bulletin sales. — The receipts from subscriptions to and sales of the 

 Bulletin during the past year are shown in the following table : 



