December i, [904 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY was organized and incor- 

 porated under the laws of the District of Columbia January 27, 1888. 

 The object of the Society is the increase and diffusion of geographic 

 knowledge. The Society accomplishes its object : 



1 . By encouraging worthy plans for exploration and by helping such projects 

 when its resources permit. 2. By publishing an illustrated monthly Magazine 

 and many large maps. 3. By an annual series of thirty addresses at the National 

 Capital, most of which are published in the Society's Magazine. 4. By the 

 maintenance of a library. 



MEMBERSHIP 



Is not confined to professional geographers, but includes many who are interested 

 in the advance of geographic knowledge. Its present membership, at the close of 

 the seventeenth year of its history, is 3,100, of whom 1,100 are resident in Wash- 

 ington and 2,000 distributed throughout every State in the Union and in many 

 foreign countries. Candidates for admission in the Society must be proposed by 

 members. The membership fee is $2 per annum, with no entrance fee. Life 

 membership fee is $50. All members receive free of charge the Magazine and 

 maps published by the Society. 



OFFICERS 



The affairs of the Society are conducted by a Board of twenty-four managers 

 elected by the Society. Eight members of the Board are elected at each annual 

 meeting of the Society. At least six of the Board must be non-residents of 

 Washington. The present officers are 



W J McGEE, President. G. K. Gilbert, Vice-President. 



John Joy Edson, Treasurer. O. P. Austin, Secretary. 



Eliza R. Scidmore, Foreign Secretary. 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor. 



BOARD OF MANAGERS 



1902-1904 1903-1905 1904-1906 



Alexander Graham Bell Charles J. Bell Henry F. Blount 



David T. Day George Davidson C. M. Chester 



A. W. Greely Wm. M. Davis F. V. Colville 



Angelo Heilprin John Joy Edson D. C. Gilman 



Russell Hinman G. K. Gilbert S. H. Kauffmann 



W J McGee A. J. Henry Willis L. Moore 



GlFFORD PlNCHOT O. P. AUSTIN ISRAEL C. RUSSELL 



Henry Gannett C. Hart Merriam R. D. Salisbury 



The National Geographic Magazine is sent free of charge to all members of the 

 National Geographic Society. 



