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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
[Vol. 16 
should be able to gradually improve its condition so far as publications are con¬ 
cerned. 
In the judgment of the writer there will never be a time when the cost of publica¬ 
tion will be so cheap, or the avenues for publication so easily available that every 
member will be able to publish all that he may wish. The Journal serves a useful 
purpose to the membership and it is doubtful whether it should be discontinued in 
order for it to be replaced with a larger publication handling general biological 
matter at a greater cost. 
We are reasonably well served with bibliographies but this condition could be 
improved if more funds were available. 
Abstracts would be a welcome addition to entomological literature but the field 
is so great that it is a questionable project for us under present conditions. The 
index of Economic Entomology might be slightly modified so as to give an indication 
of the scope of the articles cited in the references and thereby increase its usefulness. 
We cannot enter this Union without being willing to assume our just share of the 
responsibilities, financial and otherwise. 
As your representative I have consulted several members of the association to ob¬ 
tain their views as to the benefits to be derived by us and by biology at large from 
this union. 
The constitution provides that the Council may recommend but not impose as¬ 
sessments and that membership may be terminated by official notification to the 
Council. This protects the societies from excessive financial burdens. On this 
basis, and in anticipation that the influence of biology will be extended by this 
new organization, I think this association is warranted in accepting membership. 
Respectfully submitted 
A. F. Burgess 
The report was received but action on the recommendations deferred 
until the report of the committee on policy had been presented. 
President J. G. Sanders: The next report is by our Representative 
to the National Research Council. 
REPORT OF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 
COUNCIL 
The annual meeting of the Division of Biology and Agriculture for election of 
officers for the ensuing year, the consideration of reports of the sub-committees, and 
the transaction of general business, was held on April 22, in the Board room of the 
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dr. F. R. Lillie of Chicago University was 
elected chairman of the division. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
Division of Biology and Agriculture was held on August 25, at the Marine Biological 
Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 
Space and time prevents an enumeration of the reports of the activities of the 
Division of Biology and Agriculture, several of which show that the Division has 
already accomplished some definitely desired ends. Relative to the efforts in be¬ 
half of entomology should be mentioned the establishment of the Crop Protection 
Institute with which more than two hundred fifty scientific men and more than a 
score of industrial concerns have allied themselves. The institute has made ar- 
