612 PROCEEDINGS OF BOSTON MEETING. 



Exchanging Institutions. — ^The Council in 1891 prepared a list of institu- 

 tions to which the Bulletin was offered as a gift. Eighty-one institutions 

 have accepted the volumes.' The list should soon be published, with a 

 description of the considerable literature that they have sent to the So- 

 ciety. The purpose of the Council being to place the Bulletin so as to 

 make it accessible to geologists the world over, the institutions are widely 

 distributed, as follows: United States, 15; British America, 7; South 

 America, 3; Great Britain and Ireland, 8; Europe, 37 ; Asia, 3; Africa, 

 1 ; Australasia, 6 ; Hawaiian Islands, 1. 



Cost of Administration. — The work of the Secretary's office is conducted 

 with scrupulous regard for economy and the interests of the Society. A 

 minute account is kept of all expenses, and with each bill is sent a tran- 

 script of the book account. The account is absolutely distinct from that 

 of money received for the Bulletin. A set of books shows each day the 

 condition of the various departments. The following statement covers 

 the fiscal year of 1893 as nearly as can be made Avithout dividing single 

 vouchers : 



Expenditure of Secretary's Office for the Socletifs Fiscal Year {approximately), Novemher 



30, 1892, to Novemher 30, 1893 



ACCOUNT OP ADMINISTRATION 



Clerk $87. 26 



Traveling and hotel 118 43 



Postage and telegrams 36 88 



Stationery and records 21 83 



Printing 96 05 



Meetings = 27 35 



Library 2 75 



Total for Secretary $390 55 



Printing for the Treasurer 2 00 



Total $392 55 



ACCOUNT OF BULLETIN 



Postage $123 60 



Expressage 79 56 



Envelopes and wrapping 25 70 



Printing 35 55 



Collection of checks 1 95 



Total for Secretary $266 36 



Printing and binding for the Editor 6 75 



Total $273 11 



Total expenditure. $665 m 



