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tember 17, at 10 o'clock ; and it will 

 finally convene in St Louis, in conjunc- 

 tion with the International Congress of 

 Science and Arts, on Monday, Septem- 

 ber 19, at 10 o'clock, 



For convenience the meetings will be 

 classified as (1) General Sessions, usu- 

 ally held in the forenoon ; (2) Sec- 

 tional Meetings, usually afternoon ; (3) 

 Field Meetings ; (4) Evening Lectures, 

 and (5) Social Gatherings. 



HEADQUARTERS 



Until September 7 the office of the 

 Congress will be in Hubbard Memorial 

 Hall (the home of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society), corner 16th and M 

 Streets N. W., Washington, D. C. On 

 Wednesday, September 7, the records 

 will be transferred to the Ebbitt House, 

 14th and F Streets N. W. , and this hotel 

 will remain the headquarters during 

 the stay of the Congress in Washington, 

 and the secretaries will be in constant 

 attendance for registering members, 

 supplying badges, furnishing informa- 

 tion, etc. 



On September 1 2 an office for registra- 

 tion will be opened in the headquarters of 

 the Geographical Society of Philadel- 

 phia, 1520 Chestnut Street. 



On the morning of the 13th an office 

 for registration will be opened in New 

 York, at the American Geographical 

 Societ}^ building, 15 West 81st Street, 

 which will be the headquarters of the 

 Congress during its stay in New York. 



On September 17 a registration office 

 will be opened in Cobb Hall of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. 



On the morning of September 19 a 

 registration office will be located in the 

 Hall of Congresses on the Exposition 

 grounds in St Louis. On Saturday, 

 September 24, the records will be re- 

 transferred to Hubbard Memorial Hall, 

 Washington, where the office will be 

 retained and where all correspondence 

 should be directed before the final clos- 

 ing of the affairs of the Eighth Interna- 

 tional Congress. 



REGISTRATION 



Delegates, members, and associates, 

 and persons desiring to become mem- 

 bers, are requested to register on the 

 earliest possible date at the local head- 

 quarters in the city in which they first 

 attend the Congress. Those who par- 

 ticipate in the Washington sessions are 

 especially desired promptly to record 

 their names and local addresses, in order 

 to facilitate the preparation of lists of 

 membership and the delivery of mail. 

 Immediately on registering, members 

 of the Congress will receive the official 

 badge entitling them to the privileges of 

 the Congress and to the courtesies ex- 

 tended to members by local committees. 



HOTELS 



In Washington the hotels recom- 

 mended are as follows : 



The Ebbitt House (headquarters), 

 14th and F Streets, American plan, $3 

 and $4 per day. 



The New Willard, across street from 

 the Ebbitt House (headquarters), three 

 squares south of meeting place, Euro- 

 pean plan, $2.50 per day upward. 



The Raleigh, 12th Street and Penn- 

 sylvania Avenue, European plan, $2 per 

 day upward. 



The Arlington, one block west of 

 meeting place, American plan, $5 per 

 day. 



The Shoreham, across street from 

 meeting place, European plan, $2 and 

 $3 per day. 



The Colonial, across street from meet- 

 ing place, European plan, $1.50 per day. 



Members preferring private or board- 

 ing houses to hotels can be accommo- 

 dated at reasonable rates by communi- 

 cating in advance with the Secretary of 

 the Committee of Arrangements. 



In New York the hotel headquarters 

 will be in the Endicott, corner Colum- 

 bus Avenue and 81st Street, where the 

 rates (European plan) are from $1 to $3 

 per day. 



In Chicago, Hotel Del Prado, midway 



