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ogy, 1905-1914, by Dr. Nathan Banks, and fix the cost of the volume, the attend¬ 
ant expenses being estimated at $1,300 for an edition of 1,000 copies. 
It was hoped to issue the index by April 1, but delays almost inevitable in a tech¬ 
nical volume of this size, and the difficulty on the part of the printer in handling the 
work, prevented sending out copies till May 20 and on the twenty-second the index 
had been mailed to all advance subscribers. 
The total cost of an edition of 1,000 copies, including the binding of 300 (the 
■remainder to be held unbound till needed), was $1,212.99. The advance subscription 
irate, limited to members and to be accompanied by a remittance prior to April 10, 
was fixed at $4.00 and after that the price was advanced to $5.00 for domestic 
and $5.50 for foreign subscriptions. There were 161 copies sold to advance sub¬ 
scribers and 58 additional to others prior to December 7, the date the books closed. 
The receipts from sales amounted to $928.50, leaving a balance against the work of 
$284.49. Since then nine other copies have been sold and these accounts are still 
outstanding. The indebtedness of $284.49 will be more than covered within a year or 
two, it is expected, by sales of stock on hand. 
The index was not issued until so late in the year that it did not seem advisable 
to take any active steps toward securing the compilation of subsequent literature, 
especially as it would probably include at least three years and might perhaps be 
extended to cover a five-year period. The consensus of opinion among the committee 
favors the five-year period, though it is possible that after that time it may be feasible 
to issue the index annually and then combine it into a general index covering three- 
or five-year periods. The compilation of subsequent issues can probably be arranged 
with the Bureau of Entomology and it would certainly seem that that organization 
was better suited than any other to undertake such work because of the imperative 
need of the best library facilities. 
It is recommended that the committee on the index of American economic entomol¬ 
ogy be continued and authorized to arrange for the indexing of the literature from 
1915 to 1919 with a view to its publication later by the Association. 
Respectfully submitted, 
E. P. Felt, 
W. C. O’Kane, 
W. E. Britton, 
A. F. Burgess, 
W. E. Hinds, 
Committee. 
It was voted that the report be accepted and placed on file. 
Mr. T. J. Headlee: I think a good piece of work like this ought 
to have its bit of praise, and I want the committee to understand 
that the index is sincerely appreciated. I have used it constantly 
since it came out and have found it to be of great service. 
President B. A. Cooley: Is the advisory committee ready to 
report nominations for Journal offices? ® 
Secretary A. F. Burgess : As far as I have been able to determine, 
only two members of the advisory board are present at this meeting,— 
Prof. Kellogg, who has left town, and Dr. Howard. No report has 
been filed and I presume no action has been taken. The Editor, 
Associate Editor and Business Manager of the Journal must be 
elected at this time, as the terms of the present officers expire. Under 
