THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 



To fill the vacancy in the presidency caused by the lamented 

 death of Mr Gardiner G. Hubbard, General A. W. Greely, 

 U. S. A,, has been designated by the Board of Managers as 

 Acting-President, At some personal inconvenience General 

 Greely has acceded to the request of the Board, but has inti- 

 mated that his official and other duties will render it impossible 

 for him to serve the Society in this capacity for more than a 

 short time. 



The Board of Managers have accepted the resignation of 

 Mr Everett Hayden as Recording Secretary, Mr Hayden still 

 remaining a member of the Board. To fill this vacancy 

 Mr F. H. Newell, a former secretary, has been designated, 

 it being the intention of the Board to employ as Assistant 

 Secretary some person who is qualified not only to perform 

 the clerical duties of the position, but also to relieve the 

 editors of the Mag-azine bv actino- as business manager of 

 that publication. 



The Society's office has been removed to Room 55, Ohio 

 National Bank Building, on the northwest corner of Twelfth 

 and G Streets N. W. In these more commodious quarters it 

 is expected to so arrange the Society's Library as to make it 

 available to visiting members and their friends. The transac- 

 tion of business will be facilitated by the addressing of mail 

 to the undersigned at the above address. 



F. H. NEWELL, 



Secretary 



