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trations in the volumes has increased so much during the past few years 

 that the price of subscription for libraries and foreign individuals has 

 been raised to $7.50 by vote of Council. 



Expenses. — The following table gives the cost of administration and 

 of Bulletin distribution during the past year : 



EXPENDITUKE OF SECRETARY'S OFFICE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 



30, 1908 



Account of Administration 



Postage and telegrams $64.14 



Express 6.55 



Stationery and printing 168.30 



Addressograph plates 2.34 



Traveling 6.50 



Laborer .55 



Expenses of Cordilleran Section 2.50 



Total $250.88 



Account of Bulletin 



Postage $130.48 



Express 37.76 



Collection of checks 1.85 



Laborer 4.25 



Stationery and printing 45.68 



Refund of overpayment on Bulletin 5.00 



Total ■ 225.02 



Total expenses for the year $475.90 



Eespectfully submitted. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 

 New York, December 11, 1908. Secretary. 



Treasurer's Report, 1908 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



The Treasurer herewith submits his annual report for the year ending 

 December 1, 1908 : 



Two (2) Fellows, J. S. Diller and G. C. Martin, have commuted for 

 life during the year by the payment of one hundred dollars each, thus in- 

 creasing the total Life Commutations to eighty-five (85), which, with four 

 (4) Honorary Life Members, makes a total of eighty-nine (89), of whom 

 eighty-one (81) are now living. 



One (1) Fellow is delinquent for four years, five (5) Fellows are delin- 

 quent for three years, eight (8) Fellows are delinquent for two years, and 



