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by this gathering of the most distinguished geologists of the country, and should 

 esteem it a privilege to show them any courtesy in the power of our departments. 

 Yours very truly, 



Melvil Dewey, Director. 



The Report of the Council was called for and was presented, in print, 

 by the Secretary, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Geological Society of America, 



in Thirteenth Annual Meeting Assembled : 



The Council congratulates the Society upon its continued, prosperity, 

 as shown in the reports of the officers. The affairs of the Society are in 

 excellent condition, and the Council has no recommendations or special 

 business to present. During the past year the Council has held its 

 stated meetings in connection with the meetings of the Society, the at- 

 tendance at the Summer Meeting in New York being one less than a 

 quorum. 



Secretary's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America : 



Meetings. — The records of the Twelfth Annual Meeting, held in Wash- 

 ington, December, 1899, and the Twelfth Summer Meeting, in New 

 York, June, 1900, are in print and will soon be distributed, probably 

 before this report is read. According to the custom, the Summer Meet- 

 ing occupied one day of the time of Section E, American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. 



Membership. — During the year one Fellow^ has died, Mr Franklin Piatt. 

 The eight candidates elected at the Washington Meeting all qualified. 

 Two names have been erased for non-payment of dues, which leaves on 

 the last printed list (June, 1900, Bull., vol. 11, p. 629) 245 names. To 

 this must be added the three names of the men elected at the Summer 

 Meeting, making the present enrollment 248. Five Fellows are delin- 

 quent for two 3^ears. Eight nominations are before the Council. As 

 only one candidate had been fully approved by the Council, the Secre- 

 tary thought it better to issue no nomination and ballot for the Albany 

 Meeting. 



Form of reports. — For several years the Secretary's reports of Bulletin 

 distribution and sales have been presented in detailed tabulation, in- 

 cluding complete statistics for the published volumes. The number of 

 published volumes is now so large that such tables are complicated and 

 expensive to print, and will be discontinued. Instead of these the 

 statistics will be given for the fiscal year, with a few grand totals. The 



