FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES 



(^Presented to the Society December 23, 1891) 



Membership. — The Society was organized in January, 1888, 

 with a membership of 165. At the end of the first year the 

 membership was 209 ; of the second, 228 ; of the third, 392, 

 and at the end of this, its fourth year, the membership is 430. 



Since the last annual meeting the membership has been in- 

 creased by the election of 78 new members. It has been de- 

 creased by the resignation of 11 members; by the death of 3 

 members ; by the failure to qualify of 14 members ; by declining 

 membership 8, and by the dropping of members for non-pay- 

 ment of dues 4. There has tlius been a net increase of 38 mem- 

 bers, and the present membership is 430, as above stated. 



The deceased members Avere Mr Z. T. Carpenter, Hon William 

 Windom, and Mr A. E. WoodAvard. 



The membership is classified as follows : 



Active 333 



Corresponding 92 



Life : 5 



Total 430 



Meetings. — The Society has held 25 meetings during the year, 

 of which 11 were for the reading and discussion of jDapers; 11 

 were free public lectures ; one was a public lecture at which an 

 admission fee was charged; one was a field meeting at Shendun, 

 Virginia, June 3 and 4, and one was the annual business meet- 

 ing. Of these, 15 were regular and 10 were special meetings. 



Board of Managers. — The Board of Managers has held 17 meet- 

 ings for the transaction of the business of the Society. The aver- 

 age attendance was 9 ; the largest attendance of the 17 members 

 composing the board being 13, and the smallest 4. 



There is one vacancy in the board, caused by the resignation 

 of Captain Rogers Birnie, Junior, on May 15. 



Explorations. — The work of exploration in Alaska begun last 

 year was continued during the present one. Funds for the pur- 



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