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Indians, however, returned the note books to 

 the Russian post. No exploration by Ameri- 

 cans was done until the Alaska purchase. 

 Lieutenant Allen deserved great credit for his 

 persevering work, which was carried on with 

 the greatest difficulty. 



Mr. Marcus Baker stated that he enjoyed the 

 lecture immensely, and especially commended 

 the photographs which Mr. Dunn showed. 

 He also wished to emphasize the magnificent 

 work done b}' Allen, who was the first white 

 man to cross from the coast to the river. 



Mr. Alfred H. Brooks, who has general 

 charge of the Alaska work carried on b}' the 

 Geological Survey, stated that the peaks of the 

 Wrangell group had not yet been mapped, and 

 that very little had been learned since Allen's 

 time. A part}' from the Geological Survey 

 was to locate these peaks during the present 

 summer. Mr. Brooks also alluded to the fact 

 that Mr. Oscar Roan reported in '99 that one 

 of the five peaks of the Wrangell group was 

 missing. 



The proceedings of the meetings of the So- 

 ciety on April 4 and 18 will be published in 

 the June number of this Magazine. 



Lectures : 



March 25.— Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. Afternoon course. 



Dr. Charles H. Townsend gave an illustrated 

 address on the ' ' Problems of the Pacific — The 

 Lesser Islands. ' ' 



March 28. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Col. Wm. M Black, Corps of Engineers, 

 gave an illustrated address on ' ' Cuba and Porto 

 Rico." 



April 2. — President Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Afternoon course. 



Hon. O. P. Austin gave an illustrated ad- 

 dress on the ' ' Problems of the Pacific — The 

 Commerce of the Pacific," which will be pub- 

 lished later. 



April 9. — Vice-President McGee in the chair. 

 Afternoon course. 



Dr. McGee gave an address on the ' ' Prob- 

 lems of the Pacific — The great Ocean in World 

 Growth, ' ' which will be published later. 



April 11. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, Commander of the 

 Borchgrevink Antarctic Expedition of 189S- 

 1900, gave an illustrated lecture on "Antarctic 

 Explorations, 1S9S-1900," which will be pub- 

 lished later. 



April 25. — President Graham Bell in the 

 chair. 



Mr. Robert M. Chapman, of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey, gave an illustrated address on 

 " Our Northern Rockies," which will be pub- 

 lished later. 



NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 



BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL GEO- 

 GRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



THE following amendments to the By- 

 Laws of the National Geographic So- 

 ciety have been duly proposed, have 

 been considered by the Board of Managers, 

 and will come up for action at the regular 

 meeting, to be held in the Assembly Hall of the 

 Cosmos Club, on Friday evening, May 16, with 

 the recommendation of the Board that they be 

 adopted : 



Article III. — Membership. 



Section i. Change to read: The Society 

 shall consist of members, honorary members, 

 fellows, and patrons. 



Sec. 4. New section : Fellows shall be per- 

 sons engaged in scientific work pertaining to 

 geography ; they shall be members of the cor- 

 poration. 



Sec. 5. New section : Patrons shall be per- 

 sons interested in geography who have con- 

 tributed one thousand dollars or more to the 

 objects of the Society ; thev shall be entitled to 

 all the privileges of membership for life. 



Sec. 6. Substitute for old section 4 : The 

 election of members, honorary members, fel- 

 lows, and patrons shall be entrusted to the 

 Board of Managers. 



ArticeE IV .—Officers. 



Section i. After the word "members," in 

 each of the first two clauses, insert the words 

 or fellows. 



ARTICEE VI. — Finances. 



SEC. 3. New section : Fellows shall pay an 

 iniation fee of ten dollars on notice of election. 



SEC. 4. Substitute for old section 3 : Annual 

 dues may be commuted for life by members or 

 fellows o?i the payment at one time of fifty 

 dollars. 



SEC. 5. Old seetion 4 changed by inserting 

 after the word "members," in both the first 

 and second clauses, the words or fellows. 



SEC. 6. Old section 5. 



ArticeE VII. — Meetings. 



SEC. 4. After the word "members" in the 

 second clause insert the words and fellows. 



