6 . ^ PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALBANY MEETING 



The details of administration for the twenty-eighth year of the exist- 

 ence of the Society are given in the following reports of officers : 



Secretary's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the annual general meeting of the So- 

 ciety, held at Washington, District of Columbia, December 28-30, 1915, 

 have been recorded in volume 27, pages 1-138, and of the Paleontological 

 Society, pages 139-174, of the Bulletin. 



Membership. — During the past year the Society has lost five Fellows 

 by death— Charles A. Davis, C. Willard Hayes, Frank A. Hill, F. J. H. 

 Merrill, and Charles S. Prosser. Two resignations have become effective. 

 The names of the six Fellows elected at the Washington meeting have 

 been added to the list, all of them having completed their membership 

 according to the rule. The present enrollment of the Society is 375. 

 Twenty-nine candidates are before the Society for election and several 

 applications are under consideration by the Council. 



Distribution of Bulletin. — There have been received during the year 8 

 new subscriptions to the Bulletin, and 5 subscriptions have been discon- 

 tinued, making the number of subscribers 118. 



The irregular distribution of the Bulletin during the past year has 

 been as follows: Complete volumes sold to the public, 32; sold to Fellows, 

 1; sent out to supply deficiencies, 1, and delinquents, 11; brochures sent 

 out to supply deficiencies, 6, and delinquents, 103 ; sold to Fellows, 8 ; 

 sold to the public, 48. 



Bulletin sales. — The receipts from subscriptions to and sales of the 

 Bulletin during the past year are shown in the following table : 



