secretary's report 449 



Receipts for the fiscal year $557 50 



Previous receipts, to November 30, 1899 4,682 51 



Total receipts to date $5,240 01 



Charged and uncollected 55 55 



Total Bulletin sales to date $5,295 56 



Of the amount uncollected perhaps $11 will have to be charged to 

 profit and loss. 



Exchanges. — No addition has been made to the list of institutions re- 

 ceiving the Bulletin as donation during the past three years, but your 

 Special Committee on Exchanges will recommend a few additions even 

 if it requires the omission of some now listed. 



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

 the Secretary's office for the past year: 



EXPENDITURE OF SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, NOVEMBER 30, 1899, 



TO NOVEMBER 30, 1900 



Account of Administration 



Postage $14 73 



Expressage 3 66 



Printing (including stationery and records) 51 55 



Meetings (not included in printing) 51 85 



Binding 4 00 



Total $125 79 



Account of Bulletin 



Postage $137 74 



Expressage and freight 66 83 



Wrapping material and labels 33 91 



Purchase of brochures 6 40 



Collection of checks 3 95 



Total $248 83 



Total expenditure for year $374 62 



Respectfully submitted. 



H. L. Fairchild, 



Rochester, N. Y., December 20, 1900. Secretary. 



Treasurer's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America : 



The Treasurer submits herewith his annual statement of the receipts 

 and disbursements for the year ending December 1, 1900, with other 

 statistics to date. 



