b PROCEEDIXGS OF THE SAINT LOUIS MEETING 



annual meeting, 28 of whom qualified, one having secured the consent of 

 the Council to defer his entering until later. There have been 8 deaths 

 during the 3'ear, one a Life ^lemher. There was one Life Commutation, 

 making the present list of life members number 92. Twenty-three mem- 

 bers are delinquent in the payment of dues — 2 for 6 years, 1 for 4 years, 

 4 for 3 years, 3 for 2 years — and are therefore liable to be dropped from 

 the roll, and 13 for 1 year. 



RECEIPTS 



Balance in the treasurj-, December 1, 1916 $247 . 46 



Fellowship fees, 1914 (1) $10.00 



1915(3) 30.00 



1916(7) 70.00 



1917 (285) 2,850.00 



— 2,960.00 



Initiation fees (28) 280.00 



Life commutation (1) 150.00 



Interest from investments (see list of securities) 1,110.00 



Interest on deposit in Baltimore Trust Company 54.70 



Collection charges added to checks 1.25 



Received from Secretary : 



Sales of publications $1,444 . 80 



Author's corrections 4 . 50 



Postage 8 . 44 



1,457.74 



$6,261.15 



EXPENDITURES 



Secretary's office: 



Administration $408.36 



Bulletin 128.48 



Salary 1,000.00 



Treasurer's office: 



Postage, bond, safe-deposit box $40.00 



Clerk 100.00 



Publication of Bulletin : 



Printing $1,700.07 



Engraving 529 . 46 



Editor's allowance 250 . 00 



$1,536.84 



140.00 



2,479.53 



Contribution to expenses of chairman of Geology and 



Paleontology Committee of National Research Council. 150.00 

 Balance in Baltimore Trust Company, December 1, 1917 . . 1,954 . 78 



J,261.15 



