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Mountain Region, and in Eastern New 

 York." T. Nelson Dale. Pp. 22. With 

 illustrations. 



' ' North American Geologic Forma- 

 tion Names, Bibliography, Synonymy, 

 and Distribution." Fred Boughton 

 Weeks. Pp. 448. 



Appalachian Forest Reserve. One of 



the most handsome of recent govern- 

 ment publications is the large quarto 



volume containing the ' ' Message from 

 the President of the United States trans- 

 mitting a Report of the Secretary of Ag- 

 riculture in Relation to the Forests, 

 Rivers, and Mountains of the Southern 

 Appalachian Region," issued by the 

 Government Printing Office (1902). 

 The report is an overwhelming array of 

 facts showing the imperative necessity 

 of making a great forest reservation of 

 the Southern Appalachian region. 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Lack of space makes it necessary to post- 

 pone publication of the proceedings of the So- 

 ciety until next month. 



Regular Meetings. 



March 13.— "The Work of the Geological 

 Survev." Hon. Charles D. Walcott. Cosmos 

 Club.'S p. m. 



March 27.— ''The Work of the Library of 

 Congress." Hon. Herbert Putnam. Cosmos 

 Club, S p. m. 



This is the last meeting of the season. 



Popular Lectures. 



March 4.— "The United States— Mines and 

 Mining." Mr Charles Kirchoff, editor of The 

 Iron Age. Illustrated. Columbia Theater, 

 4.20 p. m. 



March 6. — "The Geographic Distribution of 

 Insanity in the United States." Dr W. A. 

 White, Director of the Binghamton State 

 Hospital, New York. National Rifles' Ar- 

 mory, 8 p. m. 



March 11.— "The United States— The Men 

 who Make the Nation." Vice-President W J 

 McGee, LL. D. Columbia Theater, 4.20 p. m. 



March 20. — (The last lecture of the season.) 

 " Captain John Smith and Old Virginia." Mr 

 W. W. Ellsworth, of the Century Company. 

 Illustrated. National Rifles' Armory, S p. m. 



BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL GEO- 

 GRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



Adopted May 16, 1902. 



Article I. — Name. 



The name of this Society is The National 

 Geographic Society. 



Article II. — Object. 



The object of the Society is the increase and 

 diffusion of geographic knowledge. 



Article III. — Membership. 



Section i . The Society shall consist of mem- 

 bers, honorary members, fellows, and patrons. 



Skc. 2. Members shall be persons interested 

 in geographic science. 



Sec. 3. Honorary members shall be persons 

 who have attained eminence by the promotion 

 of geographic science. They shall not be mem- 

 bers of the corporation, nor shall they vote or 

 hold office. 



SEC 4. Fellows shall be persons engaged in 

 scientific worn pertaining to geography. They 

 shall be members of the corporation. 



Sec. 5. Patrons shall be persons interested 

 in geography who have contributed one thou- 

 sand dollars or more to the objects of the So- 

 ciety; they shall be entitled to all the privi- 

 leges of membership for life. 



Sec. 6. The election of members, honorary 

 members, fellows, and patrons shall be en- 

 trusted to the Board of Managers. 



Article IV. — Officers. 



Section i. The administration of the Soci- 

 ety shall be entrusted to a Board of Managers 

 composed of twenty-four members or fellows, 

 eight of whom shall be elected by the Society 

 at each annual meeting, to serve for three 

 years, or until their successors are elected Of 

 the eight members or fellows elected at each 

 annual meeting, not less than four nor more 

 than six shall be residents of the District of 

 Columbia. A majority of the votes cast shall 

 be necessary for election. 



SEC. 2. The Board of Managers shall elect 



