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March 22, 1889, Twenty-first Meeting. 



The paper of the evening was entitled, " Recent Events in the 

 U. S. of Columbia," by Mr. W. E. Curtis. The discussion which 

 followed was participated in by Messrs. Baker, Gannett, and 

 others. 



April 5, 1889, Twenty-second Meeting. 



The paper of the evening was entitled, " House Life in Mexico," 

 by Mr. A. B. Johnson. 



April \^, 1889, Twenty-third Meeting. 



This meeting was devoted to papers upon the Samoan Islands. 

 The following programme was presented : 



*' Samoa ; the General Geography and Hydrography of the 

 Islands and Adjacent Seas," by Mr. Everett Hayden. 



" Climate," by Prof. Cleveland Abbe. 



" Narrative of a Cruise Among the Islands," by Capt. R. W. 

 Meade, U. S. N. 



" The Home Life of the Samoans and the Botany of the Isl- 

 ands," by Mr. W. E. Safford, U. S. N. 



May 3, 1889, Twenty-fourth Meeting. 



The paper of the evening was entitled, "Across Nicaragua 

 with Transit and Machete," by Mr. R. E. Peary, U. S. N. To be 

 published in the " National Geographic Magazine," Vol. I, No. 4. 



May 17, 1889, Twenty-fifth Meeting. 



The paper of the evening was entitled, " The Krakatoa Erup- 

 tion," by Dr. A. Graham Bell. The paper was discussed by 

 Captain C. E. Dutton. 



