PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 

 SOCIETY, SESSION 1899-1900 



Special Meeting, November 3, 1S99. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. Hon. 

 John W. Foster, ex Secretary of State, gave an iUustrated lecture on the 

 Alaskan Boundary. 



Regular Meeting, November 10, /<S'i>5'.— Vice-President McGee in the chair. 

 Prof. A. J. Henry, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the Variations of Lake Levels. 



Special Meeting, November 17, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr Walter 

 Wellman gave an illustrated lecture on his Arctic Explorations of 189S-1899. 



Regular Meeting, November 24, 1899. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. Mr 

 J. B. Hatcher, of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Pa., gave an illustrated 

 lecture on Explorations in Patagonia. 



Special Meeting, December 1, i5P9.— Vice-President McGee in the chair. Prof. 

 G. K. Gilbert, of the U. S. Geological Survey, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the Glaciers of Alaska and the Harriman Alaskan Expedition. 



Regular Meeting, December 8, 1899. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. Hon. 

 John Barrett, ex-Minister to Siam, gave an illustrated lecture on the Philip- 

 pine Islands and Their Euvironment. 



Special Meeting, December 15, 1899. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. Hon. 

 Dean C. Worcester, of the Philippine Commission, gave an illustrated lecture 

 on the Filipinos. 



Regular Meeting, December 22, 1899. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. Mr 

 F. H. Newell, Hydrographer of the U. S. Geological Survey, gave an illustrated 

 lecture on Gila River, Arizona, and its Irrigation Possibilities through Water- 

 storage. 



Regular Meeting, Januarg .5, 1900. — President Bell in the cliair. Col. F. F. 

 Hilder, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 British South Afrfca and the Transvaal. 



Special Meeting, January 12, 1900.— Vice-President McGee in the chair. Mr 

 Edwin V. Morgan, Secretary to the Samoan Commission, gave an illustrated 

 lecture on the Samoan Islands. 



Regular Meeting, Januarg 19, 1900. — President Bell in the chair. Mr N. H. 

 Darton, of the U. S. Geological Survey, gave an illustrated lecture on the Black 

 HilLs of South Dakota. 



Special Meeting, .January 26, 1900. — President Bell in the chair. Hon. Dean C. 

 Worcester, of the Philippine Commission, gave an illustrated lecture on the 

 More Civilized Filipinos. 



Regular Meeting, February 2, 7.W0. —President Bell in the chair. Dr Frank 

 Russell, of Harvard University, gave an illustrated lecture on Explorations 

 around the Arctic Circle. 



Special Mrding, February 9, /^W.— Vice-President McGee in tlie chair. Mr 

 Wm. Barclay Par.-jons, C. E., gave an illustrated lecture on Explorations along 

 tlie Yangtze. 



Regular Mevling, Feliru.ary IG, /,vw.— Vice-President McGee in the chair. Dr 

 Geo. M. Stern!)erg, Surgeon-General 11. S. Army, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the Hi.story and Geographic distribution of Bubonic Plague. 



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