secretary's report 515 



Exchanges. — No changes have been made in the list, which will be 

 found at the end of volume 10. 



Expenses. — The following table shows the cost of administration for 

 the fiscal year : 



EXPENDITURE OF SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, NOVEMBER 30, 1898, 



TO NOVEMBER 30, 1899 



Account of Administration 



Postage $26 51 



Expressage 2 99 



Printing (including stationery and records) . . . • 146 79 



Meetings (not included in printing) 36 25 



Total $212 54 



Account of Bulletin 



Postage $92 50 v 



Expressage and freight 31 95 



Wrapping material and labels. 21 53 



Printing 5 75 



Collection of checks 3 30 



Total $155 03 



Total expenditure for year $367 57 



Respectfully submitted. 



H. L. Fairchild, 



Secretary. 

 Rochester, N. Y., December 10, 1899. 



Treasurer's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America : 



In submitting the annual statement of receipts and disbursements for 

 the year ending December 1, 1899, the following items of general interest 

 are also given : 



Two (2) members were dropped from the roll during the year for non- 

 payment of dues; two (2) are delinquent for two years, and twenty- 

 eight (28) for the present year, while eight (8) others, a much larger 

 number than usual, have made their Fellowship sure by commuting for 

 life. 



The names of these Fellows so commuting by the cash payment of 

 $100 each are Frank R. Van Horn, Theodore G. White, Myron L. Fuller, 

 A. R. Crook, N. F. Drake, A. C. Spencer, William Libbey, and Cleveland 

 Abbe, Jr. 



