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ciation. President, E. A. Sanford; secretary 

 and treasurer, Livingston Farrand, Columbia 

 University, ISlew York, N. Y. 



American Society of Naturalists. — Tliis so- 

 ciety vyill meet in Washington December 30 

 and 31. Members will register in tbe general 

 registration room of the A. A. A. S. The 

 public discussion will be held on the afternoon 

 of December 31, and the public lecture will 

 be held on Tuesday evening, December 30. 

 President, J. McK. Cattell; vice-presidents, 

 0. D. Walcott, L. O. Howard, D. P. Penhal- 

 low; secretary, K. G. Harrison, Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md. 



Association of American Anatomists. — This 

 association will meet in Washington Decem- 

 ber 30 and 31. President, G. S. Huntington; 

 vice-president, D. S. Lamb; secretary and 

 treasurer, G. Carl Huber, University of Mich- 

 igan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Association of Economic Entomologists. — 

 This association will meet in Washington De- 

 cember 26 and 27, the opening session will 

 be held at 10 o'clock a.m. December 26. Presi- 

 dent, E. P. Felt; secretary, A. L. Quaintance, 

 College Park, Md. 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of 

 America. — This society will meet in Wash- 

 ington during Convocation Week, in affilia- 

 tion with Section A of the A. A. A. S. The 

 address of the president. Professor Simon 

 Newcomb, will be given at 4 p.m. on December 

 29. President, Simon ISTewcomb; secretary, 

 George C. Comstock, University of Wiscon- 

 sin, Madison, Wis. 



Botanical Society of America. — This society 

 will meet in Washington ■ December 31 and 

 January 1. President, B. T. Galloway; sec- 

 retary, D. T. MacDougal, New York City. 



Botanists of the Central and Western 

 States. — This society will meet in Washing- 

 ton on December 30. Committee in charge 

 of the meeting, John M. Coulter, University 

 of Chicago; D. M. Mottier, University of 

 Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. ; Conway Mac- 

 Millan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Geological Society of America. — This so- 

 ciety will meet in Washington December 29, 

 30 and 31. Hotel headquarters will be the 



Ebbitt House. President, N. H. Winchell; 

 vice-presidents, S. F. Emmons, J. C. Branner; 

 secretary, H. L. Fairchild, University of 

 Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. 



27ie National Geographic Society. — This 

 society will hold a meeting during Convoca- 

 tion Week, and is arranging to present a 

 public lecture on the volcanoes of Martinique 

 and St. Vincent on Thursday evening, Jan- 

 uary 2; also for one or more joint sessions 

 with Section E of the A. A. A. S. for the 

 presentation of scientific papers. President, 

 A. Graham Bell; vice-president, W J McGee; 

 secretary, A. J. Henry, U. S. Weather Bureau, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Naturalists of the Central States. — This 

 association will meet in Washington December 

 30 and 31. Chairman, S. A. Forbes; secre- 

 tary, C. B. Davenport, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Society of American Bacteriologists. — This 

 society will meet in Washington January 1 

 to 3. President, IT. W. Conn; vice-president, 

 James Carroll; secretary, E. O. Jordan, Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, Chicago, 111.; council, W. 

 H. Welch, Theobald Smith, H. L. Russell, 

 Chester, Pa. 



Society for Plant Morphology and Physi- 

 ology. — This society will meet in Washington 

 during Convocation Week. President, V. 

 M. Spalding; vice-president, B. D. Halsted; 

 secretary and treasurer, W. F. Ganong, Smith 

 College, Northampton, Mass. 



Society for the Promotion of Agricultural 

 Science. — This society will meet in Washing- 

 ton during Convocation Week. President, 

 W. H. Jordan; secretary, F. M. Webster, Ur- 

 bana, 111. 



Zoologists of the Central and Western 

 States. — This association will meet in Wash- 

 ington during Convocation Week. President, 

 C. B. Davenport, University of Chicago. 



All members of affiliated societies, who are 

 not members of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, are never- 

 theless requested to register at the registra- 

 tion desk of the Association, in the library 

 on the first floor of the main building of 

 Columbian University. The object of this 



