REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 7 



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 NOVEMEEK 



30, 1915 

 Account of Administration 



Note book $0.20 



Printing (including annual meetings of 1914 and 1915) 94.46 



Messenger service 1.00 



Telegrams 10.45 



Telephone charges 1 . 03 



Postage 37.36 



Express charges 4. 86 



Letter-heads 2 . 75 



Ribbon for typewriter .75 



Post-cards 5 . 50 



Binding three copies of Bulletin 8 . 00 



Fee to inscribe Society as member of International Engineer- 

 ing Congress 5.00 



Total $171.36 



Account of Bulletin 



Express and freight charges . . . $44 . 7S 



Postage 6. 70 



Messenger service 1 . 55 



Printing 2.00 



Jurat .25 



Collection charges on checks 1.29 



Wrapping paper 2 . 73 



Total $59.30 



Total expenditures for the year $230.66 



Bespectf ully submitted, 



Charles P. Berkey, 



Secretary pro tern,. 



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, 1915. 



The membership of the Society at the present time is 376, of whom 

 284 pay annual duos. One member died early in 1914, but the notice 



