398 PROCEEDINGS OF MONTREAL MEETING. 
one on April 30, 1897, the date which has come to mark the closing of 
the Society’s publication year. Although this bulletin contains only 
446 pages—thus representing the smallest issue of the Society so far as 
pages go—it 1s the most generously illustrated volume thus far published, 
in that it contains 51 plates, or nearly double that of any of its prede- 
cessors. For the first time the attempt was made, and with success, to 
employ colored illustrations. This gratifying result was obtained largely - 
through the cooperation and generosity of the author of the brochure. 
It isa matter of congratulation that the Society has now reached a finan- 
cial strength which permits the publication of papers in the very best 
possible form. Despite the profuse illustration of volume 8, a compari- 
son of its cost with that of previous volumes will show that the total ex* 
penditure for it was but little, if any, above the average. 
The publication of volume 9 was taken up in December, and all papers 
of the Detroit or summer meeting placed in the Editor’s hands are now 
in type, and will make between 60 and 75 pages of printed matter. 
The attention of members is called to the fact that next summer’s meet- 
ing will inaugurate the tenth publication year of the Society, and the 
suggestion is offered that a complete index of the bulletins issued dur- 
ing this period would be of value to the readers. Detailed plans for the 
execution of this suggestion, should it meet with favor, are naturally left 
to the Society and the Council. 
It seems desirable, both for the benefit of the Publication Committee 
and the members, to continue to present a general analysis of the space 
given the various branches of geological research in each volume as 
issued. As previously stated, an exact classification is not possible, but 
the contents of the two volumes are fairly presented in the following 
comparative table: 
Dawish Vol. 7. Vol. 8. 
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