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the objtHts of interest about Niagara Falls. It is witliin the 

 province of this Society to dictate tlie time of its sessions. Per- 

 sonally, there are places I should like to visit, and I have no 

 doubt others would like to do the same. It might be well for 

 us to tix our times of nuM'ting so as to convenience the mem- 

 bers and intersperse such visits with the business meetings. 

 We are not absolutely restricted to two days attendance here. 

 I suggest this, so that you may understand the situation and 

 govern yourselves accordingly. 



President Peabody: It might be proper to have a commit- 

 tee ai)i)ointed to arrange the hours of the meeting and the 

 extent of the session. If there is no objection, I will a})])oint 

 Mr. Willard, Mr. Titcomb and Mr. Bower as such committee. 



^>lr. liumpus: I move that the Chair appoint a committee 

 of three to examine and report upon the names presented for 

 membership. 



The motion was duly seconded and was carried. 



The President appointed as such committee Messrs. Dale, 

 P.umpus and Gunckel. 



President Peabody: The next thing in order will be the 

 Secretary's report. 

 Secretary Whitaker: 



Mr. President, and Members of the Society: The Secretary 

 has no formal report to make for the year. The ordinary details 

 connected with the office of the Secretary have been per- 

 formed. The minutes of the meeting w'ere gotten out and dis- 

 tributed to the members, I believe, within sixty days of the 

 close of the meeting. While I am on this subject, I wish to 

 make a motion that the minutes of the last meeting, as they 

 appear in the printed record, be accepted and adopted as the 

 report of the last meeting. 



The motion was seconded and carried. 



Secretary Whitaker: Continuing, I wish to say that at the 

 last meeting there was a motion made that the Secretary be 

 directed to communicate with the Governors of the different 

 states, asking them to send representatives to the meeting at 

 Niagara Falls. Something like two months ago, or perhaps a 

 little less, I prepared such a formal address and sent it to the 

 Governors of nearly all the states, and I also sent copies to 

 other parties who I thought would be interested. The response 

 to those circulars was very gratifying indeed. The Governor 

 of Kentucky sent me something like twelve or fourteen names 

 of men whom he had appointed to otticially represent his state 

 at this meeting. The Governor of New Mexico, the Governor 

 of Idaho, and several other Governors did the same thing; and 

 the evidence of the wisdom of passing that resolution is mani- 

 fested here todav in the increased attendance and in the num- 



