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The report of the committee was on motion adopted, and the 

 secretary was instructed to have the approved list of names printed 

 and distributed to members. The report of the committee on co- 

 operative testing of insecticides was presented by Mr. Burgess. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVE TESTING OF 

 INSECTICIDES. 



Your committee, appointed at the last meeting of this Association to con- 

 sider the question of cooperation in testing proprietary insecticides, respect- 

 fully submits the following : 



It seemed best to the committee as their first step to ascertain how general 

 a desire existed for cooperation in the testing of insecticides. They therefore 

 prepared a circular letter of inquiry on the subject, which was sent to more 

 than fifty persons engaged in economic work in this country. Unfortunately, 

 however, circumstances prevented a prompt sending of this letter, and as a 

 consequence the answers are still coming in, and it has not been possible for the 

 committee to go over them and formulate any plan to present at this time. It 

 may be remarked that the answers show about as many different ideas on 

 the subject as there were answers, a condition which will necessitate much 

 more consideration by the committee than would be needed if they were more 

 in agreement. Your committee can, therefore, only make this statement, now 

 and ask either for an extension of time or the appointment of another com- 

 mittee in its place to continue the consideration of the subject. 



On motion, the report was accepted and the committee continued. 



Mr. Sanderson brought up the question of the method of publish- 

 ing the proceedings, regretting that the present method seemed to 

 make it necessary to cut down or eliminate certain papers from the 

 published proceedings. He thought it feasible, if necessary, for the 

 Association to publish its own proceedings. On motion, it was 

 resolved that a committee on publication be appointed to make 

 recommendations before the close of the present meeting regarding 

 the best method of publication. The chair appointed as such com- 

 mittee Messrs. Sanderson, Burgess, and Hunter. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1906. 



The Association attended the symposium held under the auspices 

 of Section K of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science on " Yellow fever and other insect-borne diseases." 



MORNING SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1906. 



The Association met in joint session with Section F of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. H. B. Ward, 

 vice-president of Section F, in calling the meeting to order, said 

 that it seemed to him that the many points of common interest to 

 members of both the Association of Economic Entomologists and Sec- 



