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November 9, 1893. ' Special meeting. 



Meeting held in Columbian University. Attendance, 400. 



Dr W. A. Croffut, of the United States Geological Survey, gave 

 an account of "A Winter's Trip through the Tropics." His lec- 

 ture was illustrated with lantern views. 



November 17, 1893. 85th m,eeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 

 President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 30. 



The following amendment to the By-laws was proposed : 



In article V, second paragraph, omit. 



Article VI, second paragraph, change " December " to " May." 

 Third paragraph, change to read as folloAVS : '' The last regular 

 meeting in December shall be set apart for the President's an- 

 nual address." Fourth paragraph, change " January " to " No- 

 vember and December." 



The Board of Managers announced that it had been found im- 

 possible for a volunteer to carry on the duties of Secretary, and 

 that therefore a permanent Secretary, Mr Cyrus C. Babb, had 

 been employed, to assume office November 1, 1894. 



The subject of the evening, " The future welfare of the So- 

 ciety," drew out the following speakers : Messrs Ogden, Menden- 

 hall, Newell, Loomis, Blount and Baker. 



November 24-, 1893. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Builders' Exchange Hall. , Vice-President 

 Greely in the chair. Attendance, 500. 



Mr J. R. G. Pitkin, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 

 potentiary to the Argentine Republic, delivered an illustrated 

 lecture on the " Development, Resources and Possibilities of the 

 Argentine Republic." 



December 1, 1893. 86th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 

 Vice-President Mendenhall in the chair. Attendance, 75. 



Honorable Edwin Willits read a letter from Mr Frederick 

 Funston, special agent of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, now on the upper Yukon river, Alaska. 



Mr W. C. Hodgkins, of the United States Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, read a paper on the " Delaware boundary Survey." Re- 

 marks were made by Messrs Marcus Baker and Gilbert Thompson. 



Ill— Nat. (teog. Mao., voi,. V, 1893. 



