NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES. 
PRESENTED TO THE Society, DucemBer 26, 1890. 
Membership.—The Society was organized in January, 1888, 
with a total membership of 165. 
At the close of its first year, in December, 1888, the member- 
ship was 209. At the close of the second year, in December, 
1889, the membership was 228; and the present membership is 
392.* 
Since the last annual meeting the membership has been in- 
creased by the election of 190 new members. It has been 
decreased by the resignation of 10 members, by the death of 1 
member (Capt. C. O. Boutelle) and by the dropping of 15 mem- 
bers for non-payment of dues. The net increase has thus been 
164, and the present total membership is 392 as above stated. 
This membership is classified as follows : 
Active members 
Corresponding members __--__--.------- 7 
Pate members 20222" 
Total number of members __..----- 202 
At the beginning of the year, corresponding members paid no 
dues. On March 20 of this year, however, the By-Laws were so 
amended as to require these members to pay annual dues of $2.00, 
such payment entitling them to the publications of the Society. 
Meetings.—The Society has held 22 meetings during the year, 
of which, 13 were regular meetings for the reading and discus- 
sion of papers, 4 were public lectures at which an admission fee 
* The membership has since increased to 399, as shown by the sum- 
mary on p. 334. 
