treasurer's report 675 



A ccount of Bulletin 



Postage $130 10 



Expressage and freight 66 87 



Wrapping material 50 



Addressograph links • 56 



Binding three copies volume 15 3 00 



Bulletin advertising, Moore's catalogue 15 00 



Collection of checks 3 30 



Total 219 33 



Total expenses for the year $364 96 



Eespectfully submitted. 



H. L. Fairchild, 



Secretary. 

 Eochester, N. Y., December 10, 1905. 



Teeastjbeb's Report 



To the Council of the Geological Society of America: 



The Treasurer herewith submits his annual report for the year ending 

 December 1, 1905. 



Four (4) Fellows were liable to be dropped from the roll for non-pay- 

 ment of dues, in accordance with section 3, chapter 1 ; five ( 5 ) were delin- 

 quent for two years, while thirty-one (31) were still delinquent for this 

 year on December 1, 1905. Since December 1 five (5) of them have 

 paid, leaving only twenty-six (26) delinquent for 1905, and only two 

 Fellows liable to be dropped at the present date (December 15). 



Seven (7) Fellows — J. A. Bownocker, E. W. Brock, M. S. W. Jefferson, 

 B. L. Miller, A. H. Purdue, S. Shedd, and Lewis G. Westgate — have en- 

 rolled for life by the payment of the one-hundred-dollar fee, thus increas- 

 ing the total number of Life Commutations to seventy-five (75) to date. 



The Permanent Publication Fund (only the interest of which can be 

 used for current expenses of publication) has been increased during the 

 year from $8,300 to $9,300 by the purchase of 10 more shares of stock 

 in the Ontario Apartment House Company of Washington, D. C. This 

 purchase was made upon the advice of the Treasurer and Doctor Em- 

 mons, two of the three members of the Finance Committee, since Doctor 

 Walcott, the president of the Ontario Company, declined to advise the 

 committee. The Treasurer has no doubt that the investment is a safe 

 one, and that it will, like the other investments of the Society in this class 

 of securities, continue to yield a 6 per cent annual dividend. 



The item of annual interest from these investments ($448), together 

 with the interest on monthly balances ($65.64), received on account of 

 deposits in the Eochester Security Trust Company, thus continues to grow 



