22 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



presented for competition by the faculty of the institution at which he 

 is a student. The thesis or record must not exceed 6,000 words, not 

 inclusive of words employed in explanation of accompanying drawings. 



American Institute of Mining Engineers. 



Address. 99 John Street, New York City, N. Y. Secretary: R. W. 



Raymond. 

 History. Founded in 1871 ; incorporated Jan. 9, 1905. 



Object. Promotion of the arts and sciences connected with the economical pro- 

 duction of the useful minerals and metals, and the welfare of those employed 

 in these industries. 



Meetings. Annual meeting in New York, 3d Tuesday of Feb. Other meetings at 

 times and places selected by the Council. List of meetings of the institute and 

 their localities from its organization to July 1905 : in Transactions, v. 36, p. 

 xii-xiii. 



Membership. 3100 members and 157 associates (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, 

 $10; life composition, $150); 9 honorary. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-XXXVI, 1871/73-1905. New York [etc.], 

 [1873] -1906. 8. 



v. i pub. at Philadelphia, v. 2-11 at Easton, Pa. 



A catalogue of official reports upon geological surveys of the United States 

 and territories, and of British North America [and Supplements I and 

 II], by F. Prime, Jr.; in v. 7-9. (Also published separately.) 



v. 22-23: Part 1-2 of the proceedings, papers and discussions of the Chi- 

 cago meeting of 1893, constituting Divisions C and D of the Interna- 

 tional engineering congress. 



v. 32: "Containing the papers and discussions of 1901, relating to the 

 mineral resources and industries of Mexico." Bibliography of Mexican 

 geology and mining, by Rafael Aguilar y Santillan; pp. 605-680. 



Prices: Various, recent vols. $5 or $6. 



Contents and index, v. 1-15, v. 16-20, v. 21-25, v. 26-30. New 

 York, 1888-1902. 4 v. 8. 



Preceded by index to v. 1-5 (in v. 5) and index to v. i-io (Philadelphia, 

 1884). 



Bulletin, no. 1-2. New York, 1899-1900. 8. 



No more published. 



Contents: The progress of mineralogy. Intended as a contribution to a 

 bibliography of the science of mineralogy for the years 1898-99. 



Bi-monthly bulletin, Jan. 1905 to date. 



Price: $2 per number. 



Special publications include The genesis of ore-deposits by F. Posepny, 

 tr. by R. W. Raymond, 1894, 2d ed. enl., 1902 ($6) ; The evolution 

 of mine-surveying instruments ($3.50) ; Discussions on technical 



