PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



(Abstract of Minutes) 



January 22, 1892. 61st meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Mr 

 G, K. Gilbert in the chair. 



On motion it was voted that the amendment to the By-laws 

 proposed December 23, 1891, be adopted, viz: In article iv, in- 

 stead of five vice-presidents read " six vice-presidents," and insert 

 at the end of the list of de23artments of geographic science, after 

 geographic art, the words " commercial geography." 



The vice-presidents delivered their annual reports. 



Mr Ogden, for the department of the geography of the land, 

 spoke of the progress made in methods of geodetic work. 



Mr Hayclen, for the department of geography of the sea, spoke 

 on the subject of " Transatlantic steam lanes," exhibiting three 

 charts showing the changes in position of these lanes. 



General Greely's report, on the geography of the air, was read 

 by title. Printed in this volume, images 85-100. 



Mr Gannett, for the department of geographic art, read a 

 paper on '" Mother maps of the United States," illustrating his 

 statements by a large map showing diagramatically the value 

 for mapping purposes, of the various surveys in the United States. 

 Printed in this volume, pages 101-116, plate 17. 



January 29, 1892. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. 

 Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 400. 



Professor C. A. Kenaston read a paper on " The Bryant 

 Expedition to Grand Falls, Labrador," and at the conclusion 

 showed a number of lantern slides made from photographs 

 taken during the course of the expedition. 



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