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collection of maps and charts, and such documents and materials as may convey 

 the best information to persons intending to visit foreign countries. 

 Meetings. Irregular. 

 Membership. About 400 fellows and associates (entrance fee, $10; annual dues 



of fellows, $12; of associates, $5; life composition, $100). 

 Publications. 



Bulletin . . . v. I, pt. i, Mar. 1893; v - H, May 1894. [San Fran- 

 cisco, 1893-94]. 8. 

 No more published. 



Special bulletin. A paper by T. C. Johnston, "Did the Phoenicians dis- 

 cover America?" [San Francisco, 1892]. 8. 



Geographical Society of the Pacific. 



Address. 419 California Street, San Francisco, Cal. 



Secretary : John Partridge ; Foreign Corresponding Secretary : Henry 

 Lund. 



History. Founded Mar. 16, 1881 ; incorporated Jan. 5, 1892. 



Object. Encouragement of geographical exploration and dissemination of geo- 

 graphical information by discussion, lectures and publications; establishment for 

 the benefit of commerce, navigation and the industrial and material interests of 

 the Pacific slope, of a bureau of geographical information ; accumulation of a 

 library of the best books on geography, history and statistics ; collection of the 

 most reliable maps and charts ; correspondence with societies whose work in- 

 cludes or is connected with geography. 



Meetings. Monthly, 2d Tuesday, Aug. to May. 



Membership. 129 active (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $12); 45 associate (an- 

 nual dues, $5) ; 32 life ($100) ; 7 honorary; I corresponding. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS . . . [Ser. i, v. I-III]. San Fran- 

 cisco, 1882-92. 8 & 4. 



Issued irregularly. None published in 1883-90. The official organ of the 

 society in 1887 was Kosmos, an eclectic monthly journal of nature, sci- 

 ence and art, pub. by C. M. Grant, secretary of the society, but dis- 

 continued after 4 nos. had been issued. 



-[Ser. 2, v. I-IV]. San Francisco, 1902-07. 4. y. 



v. i contains: "The tracks and landfalls of Bering and Chirikof on the 

 N. W. coast of America, June-Oct, 1741" and "Copper River of Alaska," 

 by G. Davidson. v. 2 has title: Two years in Argentina, by E. L. Cor- 

 thell. v. 3 has added t.-p. : The glaciers of Alaska that are shown on 

 Russian charts or mentioned in older narratives, by G. Davidson. v. 4 

 has title : The discovery of San Francisco Bay ... By G. Davidson. 

 A publication issued in 1905 entitled To the magnetic north pole. The 

 Norwegian Gjoa expedition, by H. Lund (with cover-title Bulletin) is 

 also numbered v. IV, ser. 2. 

 Price: 5oc. per vol., except v. 4, $i. 



For list of special publications, see Bowker, Publications of societies. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



