Abstract of Minutes. 293 
Mr. I. C. Russell delivered an address on the results of the 
exploration made by him under the auspices of the National 
Geographic Society, last summer, in the vicinity of Mt. St. Elias, 
Alaska. The address was illustrated by wall maps and lantern 
slides. A full report of this exploration wili be published in The 
National Geographic Magazine. An article on the subject is also 
expected to appear in The Century, April, 1890. 
November 28, 1890. 42d meeting. 
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 
President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 90. 
The chair announced the election to membership since the 
meeting of May 23, 1890, of 148 new members. 
Mr. Mark B. Kerr read a paper on the results of his surveys 
last summer in company with Mr. I. C. Russell in the vicinity of 
Mt. St. Elias, Alaska. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Abbe, 
Baker, Dall, Gannett, Gilbert, Ogden and Woodward. Revised 
and published in Scribner's Magazine. 8°. New York, 1891, 
March, Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 361-372. 
Mr. I. C. Russell exhibited a painting of Taku Glacier, Alaska, 
made by Mr. Keith, of San Francisco, and made a few explanatory 
remarks thereon. 
December 12, 1890. 43d meeting. 
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the Columbian University. 
Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 200. 
Ensign J. M. Ellicott, U. 8. N., delivered an address, illustrated 
by lantern slides, on “Surveys executed by the U.S. 8. Ranger 
in Lower California.” Not yet published. 
December 19, 1890. Special meeting. 
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the Columbian University. 
Vice-President Ogden in the chair. Attendance, 100. 
The President, Gardiner G. Hubbard, delivered his annual 
address, on the subject “South America.” Published in The 
National Geographic Magazine. 8°. Vashington, D. C. 
March, 1891. | Vol. 3, pp. 1-30. 
December 26, 1890. 44th (38d annual) meeting. 
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 
