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National Geographic Soci et3^ 
OHOAXlZEl) JANUARY, 1S88 
I’URSimONT 
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Vi('i>l’i:nsii)icNTs 
:\I ARCUS BAKER A. \V. (IIIKHLY 
CHARLES W. DABNEY, .Tu. C. HART .AIERlilAM 
HENRY GANNETT HEIH’.ERT (i. (RJDEN 
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CHARLES J. JIELL 
iiKCOKDIXG SkCRKTA UY 
EVERETT HAYDEN 
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EIJZA R. SCIDMU1H-: 
M AN \<iKKS 
H. F. BI/)UNT 
a. K. (HLIiERT 
JOHN HYDE 
W J -McGEl-: 
F. II. NEWELL 
W. B. ROWELL 
J. R. PROCTER 
J. B. WIGHT 
SECRETARY’S OFFICE, 1515 H STREET N. W., WASHINGTON 
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