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died. He has been a foreign member of this Association for many years, but the 
news of his death was received recently. 
On September 30,1919, Patricio P. Cardin, an associate member of this Association, 
died as the result of an operation for kidney trouble. He was a graduate of the 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, and had been carrying on entomological work 
in Cuba for a number of years. His early death was deeply regretted by all those 
who were acquainted with him and the work which he was carrying on. 
The Pacific Slope Branch of this Association held its fourth annual meeting at 
Mission Inn, Riverside, Cal., May 28, 1919. Forty-seven members and visitors 
were present. There was the largest attendance at this meeting of any that has been 
held by this branch. An excellent program was presented which is printed in full in 
the August number of the Journal. 
During the past year a number of copies of Banks index to the literature of Economic 
Entomology have been sold. The expenses in connection with this project have been 
very light, so that it has been possible to return $200 to the Association fund. At 
the present time the index account owes the Association fund $100, and if sales 
continue throughout the coming year, it should be possible to pay back this amount. 
The honor roll of the members of the Association who served in the Great War 
was published in the February issue of the Journal. Since that time the Secretary 
has been advised of two members whose names did not appear on that roll, namely: 
Albert Hartzell, who served in the United States Army, and George H. Corbett, 
who served as a lieutenant in the British Army. It is regretted that the information 
was not at hand so that these names could have been placed on the original roll 
when it was published. 
The Journal of Economic Entomology 
At the Baltimore meeting, a special committee was appointed to consider the finan¬ 
cial situation in connection with the Journal. This committee reported that the 
Journal should be kept at approximately the same size as during the previous year; 
that authority be given to use $500 from the general funds of the Association, if this 
amount was necessary, and to secure contributions amounting to $100, the same to 
be repaid in subscriptions to the Journal in future years. These recommendations 
of the committee were adopted by the Association and it was voted that the price of 
the Journal, beginning with the year 1920, be fixed by the executive committee of 
the Association. During the meeting, $160 was subscribed by members for the 
Journal fund. Of this amount, $60 was paid in during the year, and advance 
subscriptions have been credited to each subscriber. The executive committee of 
the Association considered the financial condition of the Journal early in the year, 
and voted to increase the price $1.00 to all subscribers, beginning January 1, 1920. 
During the year 1918, 494 pages were published in the Journal; in 1919, 478 
pages were printed. The subscription list has increased materially during the past 
year, and an unusually large number of back numbers have been sold. This is 
principally due to the fact than an increase of $1.00 a volume on back numbers will 
go into effect on January 1, and because a considerable number of foreign subscribers 
have purchased back numbers. 
During the year, the Secretary has transferred from the Association funds to the 
Journal fund, $250, and with the amount paid in by members who contributed at 
the last annual meeting, the funds have been sufficient to carry the Journal through 
the year with a comfortable balance. The future of the Journal would be assured 
and it would probably now be on a self-supporting basis were it not for the fact that 
the cost of printing has just been advanced 25 per cent. This is our largest single 
item of expenditure and an advance at this rate on our present subscription list 
means an increase in cost of production of at least 75 cents for each subscriber. 
