REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 



Report of the Treasurer for the Year Ended May 5, 1917, 

 Carried Forward to December 31, 1917 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club held May 5, 

 1917, it was voted that the fiscal year of the club be changed to the cal- 

 endar year. Among other reasons for this change was the fact that un- 

 der the old system the report of the treasurer, rendered in May, could 

 not be published until the following January. The report ended May 5, 

 therefore, has been carried forward to December 31, and henceforward 

 will be rendered each year upon the latter date and published in the 

 January Bulletin. 



At an earlier meeting it was voted by the directors that the fund de- 

 rived from the bequest of the late Edward Whymper ($254.12) should 

 be expended in reducing the debt on the Parsons Memorial Lodge situ- 

 ated on the Tuolumne Soda Springs property, this being a permanent 

 improvement equally valuable to all members of the club, 



SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES YEAR ENDED MAY 5, I917 



Total receipts $5,724.66 



Total expenditures 5,566.35 



Excess of receipts over expenditures 158.31 



Cash on hand May 6, 1916 2,036.55 



Balance May 5, 191 7 $2,194.86 



RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR NINETEEN MONTHS ENDED 

 DECEMBER 3I, I917 



MAY 6, I916, TO DECEMBER 3I, I917 



Receipts 



Dues from members $7,230.00 



Rent 210.00 



Advertisements 475-00 



Sale of Bulletins 26.45 



Sale of pins 11.00 



Interest on bank accounts 120.44 



Sundry small receipts 4.03 



Total receipts 



$8,026.92 



