EDITOR S REPORT 



529 



The general financial condition of the Society, as shown by the receipts 

 and disbursements lor the past year, is exhibited in the preceding tabular 

 statement. 



Respectfully submitted. 



MORGANTOWN, W. Va., 



December 5, 1903. 



I. C. White, 



Treasurer. 



Editor's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America : 



At this writing 494 pages of volume 14 have been issued. This com- 

 pletes all papers and leaves only the Proceedings of the Washington 

 meeting to be disposed of. The '* copy" of this brochure was placed in 

 the printer's hands before all of the individual papers were in type, but 

 causes which prevented the early completion of volume 13 have oper, 

 ated with the same effect this year. By reason of its peculiar character - 

 the publication of the Proceedings of the winter meeting is at best a slow 

 operation, and if individual papers can not be disposed of before the 

 end of October it is practically impossible to close the volume before the 

 next winter meeting is held. All of this brochure is now in type, but it 

 will not be ready for distribution in time for the Saint Louis meeting. 



Volume 14 has 65 half-tone plates and 43 line drawings, making it one 

 of the most attractively illustrated volumes ever issued by the Society, 

 whose generosity in the matter of illustrations seems to be heartiW 

 appreciated by the Fellows. 



The cost of volume 14 is given below in comparison with that of 

 volumes 11, 12 and 13 and the average cost of the first ten volumes: 





Average. 

 Vols. 1-10. 



Vol. 11. 



Vol. 12. 



Vol. 13. 



Vol. 14. 





pp. 544. 

 pis. 26. 



pp. 651. 

 ph. 58. 



pp. 538. 

 pis. 45. 



pp. 583. 

 pis. 58. 



pp. 609. 

 pis. 65. 





$l,4ti5 14 

 200 40 



$1,81) 56 

 373 68 



$1,445 73 

 414 80 



$1,647 12 

 477 27 



$1,657 50 

 431 21 



Illustrations 









$1,665 54 



$2,189 24 



$1,860 53 



$2,124 39 



$2,088 71 



Average per page 



$3 23 



$3 36 



$3 45 



$3 64 



$3 43 







The following is a reasonably correct analysis of the contents of 

 volumes 7 to 14, inclusive : 



