616 . PROCEEDINGS OF BOSTON MEETING. 



manuscript has been carefully prepared and proof read by the author 

 much time and many errors will be saved. The question of rapid pub- 

 lication affecting the interests of the Society is also involved, and from 

 every standpoint the editor has a right to demand from members all the 

 aid which can result from carefully prepared manuscripts. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. Stanley-Brown, 



Editor. 

 Washington, D. C, December 18, 1893. 



The Council submits to the Society the following recommendations : 



(1.) In consideration of his eminent services to the Society in estab- 

 lishing the Bulletin and in editing the first three voluliies thereof, the 

 Council recommends that Mr W J McGee be elected a Life Member of 

 the Society. 



(2.) The Council recommends that the Editor be paid an annual sum 

 of $160, the same to cover clerical assistance, postage, expressage, sta- 

 tionery, traveling expenses and hotel expenses at the meetings, and all 

 other expenses incidental to the office of Editor. 



(3.) The Council recommends that an annual payment be made to the 

 Secretary of $300, the same to cover personal expenses for clerical assist- 

 a^nce and attendance upon meetings of the Council or the Society. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



The Council. 



The Council Report was as a whole adopted by unanimous vote. 



The Secretary presented a communication relating to a proposed ex- 

 ploration of Ellesmere Land, in the Arctic ocean, accompanied by a 

 recommendation from the Council that the Society approve the project. 

 The matter was discussed and finally by vote referred back to the 

 Council. 



Professor I. C. Russell, Chairman of the special committee on the mat- 

 ter of observations of glaciers proposed by the Alpine Club, made an oral 

 report and the committee was discharged at its own request. 



The following resolution was referred to the Council : 



Resolved, That the Council be requested to consider means of expediting the 

 formal business matters usually presented at the meetings of the Society. 



For the Auditing Committee, I. C. Russell reported the Treasurer's 

 accounts as correct. The report was adopted and the committee dis- 

 charged. 



