

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PHOTOGRAPHS. 415 



Grant and Sheriff Sweetland. Following the adjournment an informal 

 reception was given the Society. 



Session of Thursday, December 29 



The Society was called to order by President Gilbert at L0.30 o'clock 

 a in. 



Mr J. S. Diller read the report of the Committee on Photographs, 

 which was accepted by consent. It was voted to continue the commit- 

 tee (J. F. Kemp, \Y. M. Davis, J. S. Diller) and to appropriate fifteen 

 dollars ($15.00] for the use of the committee during the next year. 

 The report is ;is follows : 



THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHOTOGRAPHS 



During the year 105 photographs have heen presented to the Society, and the 



collection now numbers 740. In the register the donors' numbers are given in 

 parentheses for the convenience of those who may wish to purchase photographs. 



The collection remains with the secretary of the committee, Mr J. S. Diller, at 

 the United States Geological Survey, Washington, I>. ('., where it is open to the 

 examination of members of the Society. During the year it lias been examined 

 by a number of members and many photographs have been ordered for educa- 

 tional institutions. 



The collection was exhibited at both the Rochester and Ottawa meetings. On 

 this account the expenses of the committee were a little more ($11.67) than last 

 year, hut as the amount appropriated for the use of the Committee was §15.17, 

 there remained at the close of the annual meeting a balance of $3.50. 



The committee solicits contributions, such as are indicated in previous reports. 

 Contributions may be sent to Professor J. F. Kemp, Columbia College, New York 

 city; Professor W. M. Davis, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., or to Mr J. S. 

 Diller, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



Register of Photographs received in 1892 



Photographed and Donated by II'. //. Jackson, Denver, Colorado 



Numbers 040 to 650, inclusive, size, 21 x 16 inches ; price, mounted, $2.50; un- 

 mounted, $2.00. Discount of 25 per cent on orders of $50.00 or over. Lantern 

 slides from all negatives, 50 cents each. Dour slides from same negative, 30 cents 

 each. 



636 (1632). Grand canyon of the Colorado. Size, 21x71 inches; mounted, $17.50; 



not mounted, si;>.00. 

 637(1008). Pike's peak from the Garden of the Gods. Size, 20x43 inches; 



mounted, $12.00; not mounted, $10.00. 

 638 (1098p). Yellowstone canyon and falls. Size, 19 x 44 inches ; mounted, $12.00; 



not mounted, §10.00. 



