The minutes of the seventeenth annual meeting held May 1, 1936, were mimeographed and distributed to all members of the Union, to authors of papers presented at the meeting, and to officers of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. No comments have been received suggesting any changes or corrections. A report of the seventeenth annual meeting, prepared by the General Secretary, was published inScienceof July 17, 1936.Since May 1, 1936, the Union has lost by death five members: E. E. Haslam, May 16, 1936, affiliated with the Section of Hydrology: C. F. Talman, July 24, 1936, affiliated with the Section of Meteorology; Henry M. Eakin, October 20, 1936, affiliated with the Section of Hydrology; Montrose W. Hayes, November 16, 1936, affiliated with the Section of Hydrology; D. L. Yarnell, March 9, 1937, affiliated with the sections of Meteorology and Hydrology. The General Secretary, on behalf of the Union, has expressed deep sympathy to each of the bereaved families.