Abstract of Minutes. xi 



by General A. W. Greel}^, U.S. A., coniprisiiig lantern-slide views 

 from photographs taken during the expedition to Lady Franklin 

 bay in 1881, and never liefore exhibited in the city. 



Noceinher 27 ^ 1891. o7th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice- 

 President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 65. 



Mr. Herbert G. Ogden made an oral communication on " The 

 geographic position of Mount St. Elias," illustrated by a chart 

 exhibiting the position of St. Elias, Icy bay, Yakutat bay, and 

 the adjacent coast as determined (1) from various surveys com- 

 piled by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, (2) by 

 ]\lark B. Kerr during the first expedition of the Society, and (8) 

 by I. C. Russell during the second expedition. 



The communication Avas discussed by Messrs Mendenhall, 

 Douglas, and Vice-President Hayden. 



Mr. E. E. HoAvell then exhibited and l:>rietiy described a relief 

 model of the United States, constructed on the natural curvature, 

 the vertical scale being three times that of the horizontal. 



Remarks were made by Messrs Ogden, McGee. Johnson, Men- 

 denhall, Howell, Hayden, and others. 



December 4, 1891. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Llall of Columbian University. 



Mr. William Eleroy Curtis delivered an address on " Portraits 

 of Columbus." The lecturer iexhibited copies of all Columbus' 

 portraits extant, these having been prepared for the World's 

 Columbian exposition. 



December 11, 1891. ' 58th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian L^niversity. 

 A^ice-President Greely in the chair. Attendance, 400. 



Mr. I. C. Russell gave an account of the Mount St. Elias ex- 

 ploration of last summer, illustrated l^y a map and lantern slides. 



December 18, 1891. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. 

 Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 100. 



Mr. F. H. Newell delivered an address on " Petroleum and 

 natural gas.'' The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides made 

 from photographs taken in the oil regions of the United States. 



