The Committee—consisting of the chairmen of the seven sections—appointed to consider the possibilities of establishing a Journal of Geophysics finds that there is a great need for additional facilities for the publication at geophysical papers, especially in the fields of hydrology and seismology, and that, all told, the amount of material available seems to be sufficient for from 1000 to 2500 printed pages annually. Inasmuch as the cost per copy, where the number of copies is relatively small, is more or less inversely proportional to the number, first consideration was given to the possibility of securing a substantial number of subscriptions outside the membership of the Union. If the various geophysical organizations of the country, excluding those interested primarily from a commercial standpoint, would each subscribe for its membership, this would furnish a nucleus of a few thousand subscribers and would justify a detailed study of a procedure for financing, printing by the usual process, and distributing a monthly journal. Furthermore, by adopting a well‐selected format and pooling the contract for printing, distribution, and the handling of cash subscriptions with that of other societies using the same format, a substantial saving in these items could be effected. Accordingly, the American Meteorological Society and the Seismological Society of America were approached with the view to getting them to discontinue their publications and contribute what they are now putting into these publications in return for subscriptions to a Journal of Geophysics for their members. However, the American Meteorological Society replied promptly that they did not wish to give up their publication, and after several months the Seismological Society gave a similar