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In conclusion, the Secretary wishes to extend to all the members, and es- 
pecially to those just joining the Society, his best wishes and heartiest greetings 
for the coming years. 
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS 
Receipts 
Balance on hand, December 1,1917 $ 63.21 
Dues for current year 170.90 
Subscriptions for current year 59.08 
Arrears collected, dues and subscriptions 14.85 
Dues and subscriptions for coming year, already paid 18.09 
Sales of back numbers 33.09 
Incidental receipts, advertising, etc 14.88 
Sales of Hasse Lichens 33-00 
Advance from Dr. Frye, on plates 22.00 
$429.10 
Expenditures 
Printing and stationery $ 6.25 
Postage, bank fees, and incidentals 7.11 
Herbarium expense 10.04 
Express charges 13.31 
Labels for Hasse Lichens 3.1 1 
Plates for Bryologist 32.75 
Printing Bryologist (Nov., 1917-July, 1918) 166.91 
Repayment to Dr. Frye 22.00 
Repayment to Mrs. Hasse 40.00 
$301.48 
Cash on hand, November 30, 1918 127.62 
$429.10 
Respectfully submitted, 
Edward B. Chamberlain, 
Secretary- T reasurer. 
Report of the Curator of the Moss Herbarium for 1918 
Among faithful workers who have contributed to the Moss Herbarium 
during the past year have been: Mrs. E. G. Britton, R. S. Nanz, J. M. Grant, 
C. H. Demetrio, S. Rapp, Miss Daisy Levy, Mrs. R. Lowe, Mrs. E. M. Dunham, 
H. Dupret, and others. 
The year has brought such unusual conditions of other activit es for almost 
all of our members that bryological interests have not been quite so energetically 
pursued as usual, but we hope that the brighter outlook for 1919 may bring 
renewed correspondence and collections, so that another year we may have 
large figures to report of additions to the Herbarium which this year are pur- 
posely omitted. The Curator is ready to give a helping hand, insofar as he is 
