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second floor of the United States Geological Survey building, where all 

 the sessions of the meeting were held except the evening session of this 

 day. 



Dr Charles D. Walcott, Director of the United States Geological Survey, 

 made an informal address of welcome, to which the President responded. 



The report of the Council was called for and was presented b}?" the 

 Secretary, in print, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Geological Society of America, 



in Fifteenth Annual Meeting Assembled: 

 The Council congratulates the Fellows of the Society on its sustained 

 prosperity, which allows this report, apart from the reports of the officers, 

 to be little more than a formality. The stated meeting of the Council 

 was held with the meeting of the Society at Rochester, but a quorum was 

 not present at Pittsburg, and no special meetings have been held. 



Secretary's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America .' 



Meetings. — The records of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting, held in 

 Rochester, December, 1901, and the Fourteenth Summer Meeting, held 

 in Pittsburg in June, 1902, will be found in the proceedings brochures 

 of the Bulletin, volumes 13 and 14. 



Membership. — Since the last report three Fellows have died — Alpheus 

 H^^att, James E. Mills, John W. Powell. The fourteen candidates elected 

 at the winter and summer meetings all qualified, and the present enroll- 

 ment is 256, the largest in the history of the Societ}^ Only one name is 

 liable to be dropped for non-payment. Five nominations are now before 

 the Society, and several are awaiting action by the Council. 



Distribution of Bulletin. — At this date 352 pages of volume 13 have 

 been mailed. During the past year the irregular distribution of the 

 Bulletin has been as follows : Complete volumes sold to the public, 49 ; 

 to Fellows, 26; 41 brochures have been sent to fill deficiencies, 24 have 

 ])een sold to the public and 12 to Fellows, and one has been donated. 

 Two copies of volume 12 have been donated and three bound for use of 

 the officers aixl the library. The Fellows and the subscribers to the 

 Bulletin should be reminded that claims for brochures lost in the mails 

 should be filed promptly. 



Bulletin sales. — Receipts from sale of the Bulletin during the past 3^ear 

 appear in the following table : 



