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STATISTICAL REPORT 
W. C. Cude, Treasurer. 
Mr. President, Fellow Members of the International Society ot 
Photogrammetry: 
I would like to take this opportunity to add to the greetings that you have 
received and to welcome you to our country. It is a great pleasure to me to do 
this, since I became acquainted with many of you at the last International 
Congress and we now have the opportunity to renew our friendship. 
My experience with treasurers or people who handle money is that they 
usually have very little to say and wear a very serious or suspicious look. As 
far as I am concerned, I will abide by this practice as far as having very little 
to say is concerned, but I refuse to wear a frown, due to my anticipation of 
many pleasant things to come in this Congress, also the subject of money is a 
dull one anyway; that is with the exception of discussions of your own money, 
at which time the subject does become interesting. 
Since I have had a number of questions on the subject it might be worth 
while to explain how funds are collected for the International Society of Photo 
grammetry. In accordance with the by-laws of the International Society, each 
member national society contribues annually, the equivalent of one Swiss gold 
franc for each member of its organization. Other funds are derived from 
registration, exhibits and so forth. The annual dues generally take care of the 
expense of the correspondence and similar matters during the four year periods 
between meetings. The other funds are used for paying the expenses of the 
Congresses, which are held each four years. 
In taking over the position of treasurer from my predecessor, my good 
friend Colonel C. A. J. von Frijtag Drabbe, I asked him what was the status 
of the treasury. He stated that there were no funds since all were exhausted in 
taking care of the 6th Congress. This I could well believe since it was an except 
ionally well planned meeting. I then asked him if there were any obligations 
still to be met and he said, “Oh, no, the funds are zero, but zero in the black 
ink not in the red ink.” I assume that he meant to pass on to me the optimistic 
viewpoint that although there were no funds, I had his good wishes to guide 
our course in the direction of the black and not towards the red ink. 
I am pleased to report that, thanks to the dues which we have received, we 
have been able to remain in the black ink during the past four years and in 
view of the splendid planning of our Program Director and his committees, we 
should complete this Congress in the black ink side of the ledger. It is our in 
tention to include completing the manuscript arrangements for the Inter 
national archives and at that point we may find our funds at zero again, but it 
should be zero in the black. 
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