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Object. To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the 

 Pacific coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the 

 support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the 

 forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada mountains. 



Meetings. Annual meeting held usually in the autumn for exhibition of slides and 

 reading of papers, relating to mountain exploration. Directors' meetings for 

 transaction of business at call of the president, usually bi-monthly. Annual 

 outing for about a month in the summer, to some point of interest in the High 

 Sierra of California. 



Membership. About 950 (annual dues, $3). 



Publications. 



Numbered in order of issue as Publications, no. 1-33, of which no. 2-3, 



6-7, 9-11, 13-20, 22-26, 28-33 form: 

 SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN, v. I-V, 1893/96-1904/05. San Francisco, 



1896-1905. 8. 



v. i in 8 nos. (no. 1-2, 12) ; v. 2 in 6 nos. ; v. 3-5, each in 4 nos. 2 nos. 



issued each year. v. 6 in progress. 

 Price; SQC. per number. All o. p., except v. 6, stock having been destroyed 



in the San Francisco fire of Apr. 18, 1906. 



The remaining numbers of the series of Publications are: 



no. I. Articles of association, etc., and list of charter members. 1892. no. 

 4-5. Maps of portions of the Sierra Nevada adjacent to the Yosemite and 

 to King's River. 1893. no. 8. Table of elevations within the Pacific 

 slope. 1895. no. I2 - Map of the Sierra region, May 1898. no. 21. 

 Ramblings through the High Sierra (Issued also with editorial notice, 

 as no. 20, i. e., Sierra club bulletin, v. 3, no. i). no. 27. A flora of 

 the south fork of King's River from Millwood to the headwaters of 

 Bubbs Creek; by Alice Eastwood. 1902. (All o. p.) 



Distribution. Exchange with publications of a similar character or those pos- 

 sessing scientific interest to the club's members. 



Technical Society of the Pacific Coast. 



Address. San Francisco, Cal. Secretary: Otto von Geldern, 1978 

 Broadway. 



History Organized Apr. 1884; member of the Association of engineer- 

 ing societies since Mar. 1895. 



Object. Professional improvement of its members and encouragement of social 

 intercourse among men of practical science; advancement of the technical pro- 

 fessions; establishment of a central point of reference and union for its 

 members. 



Meetings. Regular meetings monthly; two semi-annual meetings in May and Oct., 

 lasting several days, for the reading and discussion of technical papers. 



Membership. 158 (entrance fee, $5; annual dues for members, resident $12, non- 

 resident $6; for juniors, resident $9, non-resident $4-5; for associates, $12; life 

 composition, $100). 



