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Deceinher 23, 1891. -^Oth (4-th aniina.l) nicetin;/. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Clu]). Vice- 

 President (Ireely in the chair. 



The annual report of the Secretaries was presented, amended, 

 and adopted. 



The annual report of the Treasurer was presented and referred 

 to an auditing committee consistiilg of Messrs P. H. Christie, 

 Middleton Smith, and PI E. Haskell. 



The annual election of officers for the year 1892 was then held, 

 with the following result: 



President — Gardiner G. Hubbard. 

 Vlec- Presidents — H. G. Ogden (land). 

 Everett Hay den (sea). 

 A. W. Greely (air). 

 C. Hart Merriam (life). 

 Henry Gannett (art). 

 Treasurer — C. J. Bell. 

 Reeording Seeretary — F. H. Newell. 

 Correspurtdinjf Secretary — E. R. Scidmore. 

 Ma nayers — Marcus Baker. 

 . H. F. Blount. 

 G. K. Gilbert. 

 John Hvde. 

 W J McGee. 

 T. C. Mendenhall. 

 W. B. Powell. 

 P]dwin Wilhts. 



The following resolution was' adopted : 



Resolved, That the Board of Managers be requested to consider whether, 

 instead of the present policy of publishing only a few selected articles, 

 these might not advantageously be replaced by a greater variety of less 

 lengthy and expensive works, and whether a few pages of geographic 

 notes might not be inserted. 



Mr. Hayden gave notice of the following proposed amendment 

 to the By-laws : 



In article IV, instead of five vice-presidents, read six vice- 

 presidents, and insert at the end of list of departments of geo- 

 graphic science, after geographic art. the words " commercial 

 geography." 



