416 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK MEETING 



EXPENDITURE OF SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, NOVEMBER 30, 1897, 



TO NOVEMBER 30, 1898 



Account of Administration ' 



Postage. , |16 55 



Expiessage 2 75 



Printing (including stationery and records) 70 65 



Meetings (not included in printing) 4 G5 



Total $94 60 



Account of Bulletin 



Postage $77 50 



Expressage and freight 35 12 



Wrapping material and labels 2 60 



Printing 2 00 



Collection of checks. . 2 25 



Total $119 47 



Total expenditure for year $214 07 



Respectfully submitted. H. L. Fairchild, 



Secretary. 

 Rochester, N. Y., December 20, 1898. 



Treasurer's Report. 

 To the Council oj the Geological Society of America : 



The accompanying statement of receij^ts, disbursements, and invest- 

 ments for the current year (December 1, 1897, to December 1, 1898) ex- 

 hibits in detail the present veiy satisfactory financial condition of the 

 Societ3'. 



The chief points of interest may be noted as follows : 



The names of five (5) Fellows (the same number as last year) have 

 been dropped from the roll for non-payment of dues, each being three 

 years in arrears. 



The Fellows delinquent on dues for 1897 and 1898 number only eight 

 (8), compared to fifteen (15) last year. Several of the eight have given 

 notice of withdrawal, so that all but one, or possibl}'" two, will drop out 

 of our ranks early in the coming year, under the operation of section 3, 

 chapter 1, of the By-Laws, since each will, after Januar}'- 1, 1899, be more 

 tlian two (2) years in arrears. 



Thirty-one (31) Fellows are delinquent on dues for 1898, against thirty- 

 four (34) at the same time last year. 



Six (6) life commutations have been received, b}'' payment of one hun- 

 dred dollars ($100) each, so that the names of E. H, Barbour, J. P. Lesley, 

 Arthur M. Miller, R. A. F. Penrose, J. W. Powell, and J. E. Talmage are 

 now added to the previous list of twenty-nine, thus making thirty -five 

 (35) in all who have secured life membership. 



