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Mr Henry Gannett exhibited some proofs of American maps 

 recently taken from copper jilates engraved during revolutionary 

 times. 



The chair announced that a present of an Ortelius atlas of 

 date 1595 had been made to the Society by Mr H. L. Hall. 



December 8, 1893. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Builders' Exchange Hall. President Hub- 

 bard in the chair. Attendance, 450. 



Mme Alice Le Plongeon gave an illustrated lecture on '• Yuca- 

 tan and the ancient Civilization of the Mayas." 



December 15, 1893. Special meeting. 



Meeting held jointly with the American Forestry Association, 

 in the National Rifles' Armory Hall. President Hubbard in the 

 chair. Attendance, 700. 



Honorable J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture and 

 President of the Forestry Association, in a short speech, intro- 

 duced Mr B. E. Fernow, who delivered an address on " The Bat- 

 tle of the Forest," illustrating his remarks with lantern views. 



December 22, 1893. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the National Rifles' Armory Hall. President 

 Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 700. 



Professor William Libbey, Junior, of the College of New Jer- 

 se}^, Princeton, New Jersey, delivered an illustrated lecture on 

 the " Physical Geography of the Hawaiian Islands." 



December 29, 1893. 87th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Builders' Exchange Hall. President Hub- 

 bard in the chair. Attendance, 350. 



Mr Justice Harlan delivered an address on " The Bering Sea 

 Arbitration Question." 



. January 5, 189J^. 88th (Gth annual) meeting. 



Meeting held in the Builders' Exchange Hall. President Hub- 

 bard in the chair. Attendance,- 400. 



Professor W. B. Powell gave a talk on " Geographic Instruc- 

 tion in the Public Schools." 



Mr W J McGee spoke on the " Geographic Development of the 

 Atlantic Slope." 



^tajor J. W. Powell made a few remarks. 



