124 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE PALEOXTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



formations of the Champlain Valley. Professor Clark was in the prime 

 of life, and his 23assing is a great blow to onr science. His works on the 

 Atlantic Coastal Plain, and especially on the geology and paleontology 

 of Maryland, are too well known to be mentioned in detail. 



Eight new members were elected to the Society at the eighth annual 

 meeting, making the enrollment at the end of 1916, 184, Nine new 

 members are mider consideration for this meeting, so that at the present 

 rate the Society will pass the 200 mark within a year. Five members of 

 our Society were elected to Fellowship in the Geological Society of Amer- 

 ica at the election just concluded. 



Pacific Coast Section. — The eighth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Section of the Paleontological Society was held at Stanford University 

 on April 6 and 7, 1917, the Society participating in the second annual 

 meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. On April 6 the Society met in joint session with 

 the Geological Society and the Seismological Society, at which time Prof. 

 John C. Merriam delivered an address on preparedness. This joint ses- 

 sion adjourned at the conclusion of Professor Merriam's address, and the 

 Paleontological Society was called to order in separate session by Dr. 

 J. P. Buwalda at 3.15 o'clock, in room 360, Mineralogy Building. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Beuce L. Clark. 

 Vice-President, Chester Stock. 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Chester Stock. 



Nineteen papers, dealing with both the Vertebrate and Invertebrate 



Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the West Coast especially, were read 



at this meeting. Twenty-two members and visitors were present. The 



minutes of this section are printed on pages 160 to 166 of this Bulletin. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



R. S. Bassler, 



Secretary. 



Washixgtox, D. C, December 31, 1917. 



Treasurer's Report 



To the Council of the Paleontological Society: 



The Treasurer begs to submit the following report of the finances of 

 the Society for the fiscal year ending December 19, 1917: 



