T H E 
National Geographic Society 
ORGANIZED, JANUARY, 1888 
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GARDINER G. HUBBARD 
V ICK- I’jiKSIDUNTS 
IM ARCUS r>AKER A. W. GREEI.Y 
CHARLES W. DABNEY, Jk. C. HART 3IERRIA:\I 
HENRY GANNETT HERBERT G. OGDEN 
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CHARLES J. BELL 
Rix’okding Skckktaky 
CoiUtKSI’ONDIKCi SeCRETA RA’ 
EVERETT HAYDEN 
ELIZA R. SCID.MORE 
Managers 
II. E. BLOUNT 
G. K. GILBERT 
.lUHN HYDE 
W .1 :\IcGEIC 
F. II. NEWELL 
W. B. POWELL 
J. R. PROCTER 
J. B. WIGHT 
SECRETARY’S OFFICE, 1517 H STREET N. W., WASHINGTON 
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