Proceedings of the Society. xv 



March 4, 1892. 6Jf.tli meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 

 Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 150. 



By vote of the Society the following amendinent to the By- 

 laws was adopted: In article III, last paragraph, strike out all 

 words following " Nominations for membership," etc, so that the 

 paragraph shall read : " The election of members shall be in- 

 trusted to the Board of Managers." 



The subject of the evening, the "Alaskan Boundary Survey,'' 

 was introduced by Dr T. C. Mendenhall, who Avas followed by Mr 

 John E. McGrath and Mr J. Henry Turner. The papers were 

 illustrated by lantern slides. Remarks were afterward made by 

 Dr George M. Dawson. Printed in this volume, pp. 177-197. 



March 11, 1892. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Universalist church. President Hubbard 

 in the chair. Attendance, 350. 



Mr Joseph Stanley-Brown delivered an address on " The Seal 

 islands of Alaska," illustrated by pictures of the islands. 



March 18, 1892. 65th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. 

 Vice-President Ogden in the chair. Attendance, 250. 



Mr G. K. Gilbert read a paper on " Coon butte and the canyon 

 Diablo meteorites." A number of lantern slides were exhibited, 

 illustrating the topography and geology of the area, and two 

 large meteorites were also shown. 



March 25, 1892. Special meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. 

 Mr G. K. Gilbert in the chair. Attendance, 305. 



Dr W. A. Croffat gave a sketch of a trip through Greece and 

 Palestine, describing in particular the city of Jerusalem and 

 the church of the Holy Sepulchre, illustrating his remarks by 

 lantern slides. 



April 1, 1892. 66th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. 



Professor Leslie A. Lee, of Bowdoin College, gave an illus- 

 trated lecture on the " Cruise of the y4^/;a^ros.s through the Straits 

 of Magellan." 



