February, ’20] 
BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 
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By vote of the Association the report of the committee was adopted. 
President W. C. O’Kane: The chair will announce the fol¬ 
lowing committees: 
Nominations: E. C. Cotton, J. J. Davis, P. J. Parrott. 
Resolutions: A. G. Ruggles, G. A. Dean, J. G. Sanders. 
Auditing: E. G. Kelly, J. S. Houser. 
Temporary representative to serve as a member of the council to 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science on account 
of the absence of Professor Gillette: S. A. Forbes. 
President W. C. O’Kane: Is there any miscellaneous business? 
Mr. Leonard Haseman: The Secretary of the Board of Agricul¬ 
ture is considering the desirability of reprinting the Riley reports. If 
the members of this Association, especially the younger ones, are 
interested in securing these reports, a resolution concerning them might 
help materially in having them published. 
President W. C. O’Kane: As there is no motion, the matter 
will be referred to the Committee on Resolutions for consideration. 
Secretary A. F. Burgess: I would like to bring before the 
Association the condition in which we find ourselves in connection with 
the gipsy moth work in New England. 
Our appropriations have remained stationary. Our problem has not 
decreased in size. Our expenditures have increased upon all items. 
Unless we have more money, we cannot do the volume of work that 
we should do. I have talked with Dr. Howard in regard to this 
matter, and he is favorably disposed to the proposal of having an 
additional appropriation of $100,000 for the coming fiscal year. Un¬ 
fortunately this amount has been dropped from the estimates. The 
increased cost in wages, supplies, etc., amounts to over 30 per cent and 
it will probably be necessary to increase still more before the end of 
another year. We are paying lower than normal rates at the present 
time. I understand that there is a possibility that a supplemental 
estimate can be put in, and I would like to interest the members of 
this Association in the matter because we are facing a crisis in this work. 
President W. C. O’Kane: This matter will also be referred to 
the Committee on Resolutions. 
At the Friday morning session, at the request of the President, First 
Vice-President Ruggles and Past President Osborn were requested to 
escort Dr. Howard to the platform, where he was introduced by the 
President as the newly-elected President of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science. He responded as follows: 
Mr. President and Fellow Entomologists: 
I did not expect to be exhibited this morning. I, of course, am enormously grat¬ 
ified at the personal compliment which the council paid me in electing me president 
