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bers. Early in the year the editor-in-chief ot the Bryologist, Dr. Abel J.. 
Grout, felt compelled to resign his position on account of the pressure of other 
duties. The associate editors accepted his resignation with regret, fully appre- 
ciating his loyal services to the Society and the careful and valuable work which 
his editorship had involved. To succeed him, Dr. Otto E. Jennings, of the 
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, was elected. He assumed charge of the Bry- 
ologist in May and has fulfilled his duties with ability and discretion during 
the remainder of the year. The current volume, exclusive of the index, num- 
bers 96 pages and includes nine plates and fourteen figures in the text. Twenty- 
six original articles have been published during the year and of these sixteen 
relate to the mosses, two to the hepatics, and eight to the lichens. The articles 
on the mosses have been written by twelve different contributors, those on the 
hepatics by two, and those on the lichens by three, showing that the mosses 
still attract the majority of the members of the Society. The President takes 
pleasure in renewing his congratulations. 
Alexander W. Evans, President.. 
New Haven, Conn. 
Report of the Treasurer 
In submitting the report for the year the Treasurer wishes to call attention, 
to certain points. First, owing to unavoidable delays in the issue of the various 
numbers of the Bryologist, the payments for the September and November 
issues do not appear among the expenditures. This will necessarily reduce the 
apparent balance by about eighty dollars. In the second place, the transfer 
of the lichen herbarium to Dr. Hasse, the change in the editorship of the Bry- 
ologist, and the reprinting of certain early issues, have increased the normal 
expenditure by nearly forty dollars. It is necessary to bear these items in mind 
when reading the report. The Treasurer wishes to thank the members of the 
Sullivant Moss Society for their co-operation with him in the matter of the trans- 
fer of the treasurership, and for the kindness with which they have aided him in. 
the discharge of his duties. He furthermore wishes to urge all members to aid 
in the extension of the membership and subscription lists. He will be very glad, 
to receive the names of possible new members, and to send sample copies and 
other information to any person interested. 
Receipts 
Balance on hand Dec. 1, 1912 $ -94 
Dues for current year 219.62 
Subscriptions for current year i 80.63 
Back dues collected 58.03. 
Back subscriptions collected 10 . 95 
Sales of back numbers, files, etc 66.78 
5436.95 
