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it was as economic as is consistent with the high standard of excellence 

 adopted by the Society. 



The Editor takes pleasure in announcing that arrangements have been 

 made for the preparation of the index for the first 10 volumes of the 

 Society's publications. It will he printed as a separate brochure and 

 issued some time during the coming summer — probably just after the 

 completion of volume 11. 



Although exact classification is not attempted, the following compara- 

 tive table presents reasonably good analyses of the contents of volumes 

 7,8,9, and 10: 



Divisions ■ V "'- 7 - V " L8 - VoU9 ' V " ! - VK 



'""■•>"»'*• Pages. Pages. Paqes. Pages. 



A real geology 38 34 2 35 



Dynamic geology 3 24 85 24 



Economic geology. .„ 4 14 16 28 



Glacial geology 105 98 L38 96 



Historical .. .. 16 



Memoirs of deceased members 28 8 12 27 



Official matter 56 69 54 72 



Paleontology 1 23 ^ 58 64 68 



Petrology 40 43 44 59 



Physiographic geology 53 5 . . 37 



Relation of geology to pedagogy 12 



Rock decomposition 74 26 17 9 



Stratigraphic geology 21 67 28 62 



Terminology 1 . . . . 1 



Total 558 446 460 534 



The cost of each of the ten volumes thus far issued by the Societ} r is 

 as follows : 



Letter-press. 

 Illustrations 



Vol. 1. 



(pp. 593; 



pis. 13) 



$1, 47:5 77 

 •_!:>1 85 



$1',765 02 



Vol. 2. 



(pp.662; 



pis. 23) 



$1,992 52 

 ■Hi:; 65 



Vol. 3. 



(pp. .VII : 

 pis. Ill) 



$1,535 59 



383 35 



|2,456 17 $1,918 H4 



Vol. 4. ! Vol. 5. 



(pp. 458 : (pp. 665 : 



pis. 10) pis. 21) 



$1,286 39 $1,887 21 



173 25 j 178 40 



$1,459 (14 |2,065 (11 



Letter-press . 

 Illustrations 



Vol. 6. 



Vol 7. 



Vol. 8. 



(pp.528; 

 pis. 27) 



(pp. 558; 



pis. 21) 



(pp. 44C> ; 

 pis. :.i I 



$1,341 93 



$1,463 'in 



$1,262 22 



221 (12 



2i Hi 2-1 



:U7 7H 



$1,563 55* 



$1,663 84* 



$1,579 '.is 



Vol. !). 

 (pp. 460; 

 pis. 29) 

 $1,176 ill 

 231 91 



1,408 55 



Vol. 10. 



(pp.534; 



pis. 54) 



$1,399 82 



4 11 99 



$1,841 81 



*The actual cost to the Society was $77.50 loss ("or volume c, and $90.80 loss for volume 7, those 

 amounts being paid by authors for illustrations and correction charges. 



Respectfully submitted. 

 Washington, D. C, January 20, 1000. 



Joseph Stanley-Brown, 



Editor. 



