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exceed $10) ; 167 associate (entrance fee, $25 ; annual assessment, twice that of 

 active members) ; 5 life ($100) ; 3 honorary. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS ... no. 1-80, 1866-1906. Boston, [etc.] 1866-1906. 4 

 and 8. Semi-annually. 



no. i, entitled Statistics of cotton manufacture in New England, 1866; no. 



2-56, Proceedings, no. 57-76 pub. in Waltham. 

 Price: $5 per copy. 



Index to no. 1-37, 1866-84. Boston, 1885. 4. 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the above address. 



Prizes, &c. Association medal (silver) awarded annually for meritorious 

 work pertaining to cotton manufacture. Bronze medals awarded an- 

 nually to the students of the highest standing in each of four textile 

 schools. A scholarship is maintained by the association at the New 

 Bedford Textile School. 



National Association of Railway Commissioners. 



Address. Care of Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. 

 History. Organized in 1889; present name since 1901. 



Meetings. Annual conferences held in various places, as follows: ist-8th, 10th, 

 i8th, Washington, D. C, 1889-1896, 1898, 1906; gth, St. Louis, 1897; nth, Den- 

 ver, 1899; I2th, Milwaukee, 1900; I3th, San Francisco, 1901; I4th, Charleston, 

 S. C, 1902; I5th, Portland, Me., 1903; i6th, Birmingham, Ala., 1904; I7th, Dead- 

 wood and Hot Springs, S. D., 1905. 



Membership. Includes state and territorial railroad commissioners, and members 

 of the U. S. Interstate commerce commission. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS of the [ist]-i7th annual convention. Washington, 1889- 

 1905. 8. 



1889 has title: Proceedings of a General conference of railroad commis- 

 sioners; 1890-1900: Proceedings of a National convention of railroad 

 commissioners. 



1893-1905 contain also "List of state railroad commissioners, showing offi- 

 cial titles and addresses, and names and addresses of members and sec- 



retaries." 



Distribution. By the Interstate commerce commission. 



National Association of Wool Manufacturers. 



Address. 683 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass. Secretary: John Bruce 



McPherson. 

 History. Founded Nov. 30, 1864. 



Ref.: Twenty-five years of wool tariff history. A sketch of the association pre- 

 pared for the 25th annual meeting, by S. D. North. (In Bulletin, v. 19, 

 p. 207-246; also issued separately.) 



