468 
MINUTES  OF  THE 
Bill  for  composition  and  press  work,  (322  pages,)  $346  08 
"     paper,                                (23  reams,  @  $11,)  253  00 
"    binding,                             (1,000  copies,)  220  00 
"     engraving  and  printing  wood-cuts,  38  00 
"    incidental  expenses,  9  25 
$866  33 
While  the  expenses  attending  its  distribution  were  as  follows  : 
Bill  for  boxes  and  freight,  $11  05 
"     postage,  28  40 
"    incidental  expenses,  2  57 
Total  expense  of  volume,  $908  35 
These  expenses  have  been  paid  by  the  Treasurer,  leaving  a  balance  in, 
his  hands,  as  will  be  seen  by  his  Report.  The  Proceedings  were  distrib- 
uted as  usual,  either  by  mail,  or  through  a  few  members  residing  in  the 
large  cities.  Any  member  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  Proceedings,  for 
1863,  who  has  been  neglected  in  the  distribution,  will  be  supplied  by 
sending  his  address  to  the  Chairman  of  this  Committee,  Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
1015  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  and  notifying  him  of  the  fact. 
The  stock  of  Proceedings  stored  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharm- 
acy is  as  follows  : 
For  1853, 
.    234  copies, 
unbound. 
"   1854,  . 
.    .  49 
<« 
u 
"  1855, 
.  None, 
"   1856,  . 
.    .  32 
n 
tt 
"  1857, 
.  292 
a 
tt . 
n  « 
t 
.    .  35 
a 
bound. 
"  1858, 
.  293 
a 
unbound. 
u  u 
.    .  46 
bound. 
"  1859, 
.  90 
it 
a 
"   1860,  . 
.    .  225 
tt 
tt 
"  1862, 
.  350 
a 
a 
"   1863,  . 
.    .  254 
a 
a 
This  stock  is  exclusive  of  eighty  volumes  of  various  years,  brought  by 
the  Executive  Committee  to  Cincinnati.  In  addition  to  these  volumes 
there  are,  no  doubt,  others  remaining  in  the  hands  of  parties  in  various 
sections  of  the  country,  to  whom  they  have  been  sent  for  sale  or  distri- 
bution. It  would,  perhaps,  be  advisable  for  the  Association  to  pass  a 
resolution  requesting  all  such  copies,  and  all  copies  that  may  hereafter  be 
sent  for  distribution,  and  remaining  on  hand  at  the  time  of  our  annual 
meeting,  to  be  sent  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  for  the 
succeeding  year,  to  be  deposited  by  him  along  with  the  remainder  of  the 
stock.  In  view  of  the  value  of  this  gradually  accumulating  stock,  it  is 
suggested  that  it  would  be  prudent  to  have  it  insured,  and  we  reGom- 
