Feburary, '15] 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 



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F. IM. Webster, Washington, D. C. 



R. L. Webster, Ames, Iowa. 



H. B. Weiss, New Brunswick, N. J. 



C. B. Williams, Merton, Surry, England. 



T. S. Wilson, Wellington, Kans. 



Francis Windle, West Chester, Pa. 



W. B. Wood, Washington, D. C, 

 E. L. Worsham, Atlanta, Ga. 

 L. H. Worthley, Boston, Mass. 

 W. W. Yothers, Orlando, Fla. 



President H. T. Fernald: You will please come to order. We 

 will now listen to the report of the Secretary. 



At the time of the last Annual Meeting the membership of the Association was 

 divided as follows: Active, 131; Associate, 189; Foreign, 53; maldng a total of 373. 

 At the Atlanta meeting four associate members were transferred to the active hst 

 and 36 associate members were elected. At that time two associate and one foreign 

 membei' resigned. Two active members have died and 5 associate members have 

 been dropped from the roU for non-payment of dues. The present membership is 

 133 active, 212 Associate, 52 Foreign, a total of 397, making a net gain in member- 

 ship of 24. 



During the past year we have lost by death two active members. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, who for many years was Director of the Central Experimental 

 Farm at Ottawa, Canada, died during the summer of 1914. He was one of the 

 older members of the Association and although he was unable to attend our meetings 

 during recent years maiatained a great interest in entomology. 



Mr. John A. Grossbeck became a member of the Association during the time that 

 he was an assistant to the late Dr. John B. Smith. In recent years he has been on the 

 entomological staff of the American Museum of Natural History of New York. 



For several years the income of the Association has been shghtly greater than the 

 outgo, so that a moderate surplus has been accumulated. This has been accom- 

 plished only by the most rigid economy. During the past year the expenses have 

 overrun the income so that the surplus has been somewhat decreased. This has 

 been partly due to the fact that no dues for 1915 have been collected on account of 

 the pending amendment to the by-laws relative to the change in the amount of 

 annual dues. 



The annual net increase in the number of Active members for the past few years has 

 been very small and the net increase in revenue from the new associate members has 

 usually not amounted to more than ten dollars annually. 



The management of the Journal has endeavored to maintain the good reputa- 

 tion that this publication has enjoyed in the past. It has been necessary to cut ex- 

 penditures severely, which accounts for the delay in publishing the complete pro- 

 ceedings in the first two numbers of the Journal last spring. 



The financial success of the Journal depends on the advertising that can be se- 

 cured. During the past year a number of firms have curtailed their advertising and 

 replacements have not been easy to secure owing to unsettled business conditions. 

 This loss of income has not been made up by new subscribers as our list showed a net 

 increase of only 15 during the past year. The total receipts dropped $225 from 

 those of the previous year and a corresponding decrease in expenditures has been 

 necessary. 



The outlook for the coming year as regards the subscription Hst is not encourag- 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



The Journal of Economic Entomology 



