EDITOR’S REPORT. 397 
EXPENDITURES 
Expenses of Secretary’s office : 
Account of administration............ gapoveE $196 64 
Aggoume Ot IioUllleMIN. oss boas 5 coodouGOUGDDDG 200 18 
Allowance (to include ordinary traveling and 
clenicalll expenses) oc ur ctu ee cc ope ewe chee ws 300 00 
¢ === Eo SY 
Expenses of Editor’s office: 
Allowance (to include personal and office expenses)..... 160 00 
Expenses of Treasurer’s office : 
IPAM, oc sees a aoe sally ASE SR eS TE ee Rn Sa eee 10 40 
Publication of Bulletin : 
TP verlpav stra on eter stare Gees GA cee ea ec mech oe ee $1,262 22 
BSN sees cyeehe ley cela hilupa soet-ast eesyveueiteios fell es 317 76 
1,579 98 
Photograph account : 
GeonreseaVlerrille eccrine ciaiabhewts eee 6 18 
Total amount of disbursements....... .............-.-- .. $2,453 48 
Balance in the treasury November 30, 1897...........-0...-.00e--002 $2,043 08 
The invested funds of the Society are as follows: 
On account of publication fund: 
April 1, 1891, one Tioga township, Kansas, bond, cost 
BIL ANOS acces cea comes SUNG ce a een an ae eae $1,000 00 
January 29, 1892, eight 5 per cent Cosmos Club bonds at 
UE Creme erect Ma Pee Cinrlaben owe GeA A ras 800 00 
February 26, 1892, one 5 per cent Cosmos Club bond, with 
accrued interest, cost $100.35....... ........... ais Baa 100 00 
February 3, 1893, seven 5 per cent Cosmos Club bonds at 
OATHRCOSE DMO Ok yaa Ee teers thavace custcieyaicroom ls poster andolle avila 700 00 
May 1, 1895, two 10-20 gold bonds of Tunnelton, King- 
wood and Fairchance railroad, bearing interest from 
Jerowenny ky WSS, COsG HAM os ccoguovoscceccccuabaesess 200 00 
September 27, 1895, one bond of Tunnelton, Kingwood 
and Fairchance railroad, with interest from July 1,1895, 
COStiolO0Ns eons ray Te Sa Neen Op eds A eine 100 00 
January 27, 1897, one 5 per cent Cosmos Club bond, No. 
DO, Mrsb Senles, Cost PIOO,. nso. .ee cae ee oss. obese ne 100 00 
—— $3,000 00 
Respectfully submitted, I. C. Wuits, 
Treasurer. 
Morcantrown, West Vireinia, December 14, 1897. 
Epitor’s REporr 
To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 
In submitting his annual report the Editor begs to state that the first 
brochure of volume 8 was completed on December 81, 1896, and the last 
