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Regular Meeting, January 13, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. The 

 Rev. David Macrae, of Scotland, gave an illustrated lecture on the Na- 

 tional Characteristics of the English, Scotch, and Irish. 



Special Meeting, January 20, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr 

 Gifford Pinchot gave a lecture on the Protection and Administration of 

 our Public Forests, illustrating his remarks by lantern slides showing the 

 various forest reserves of the United States. 



Regular Meeting, January 27, 1899. — President Bell in the chair. Mr 

 Arthur P. Davis, U. S. Geological Survey, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the Hydrography of Nicaragua. 



Elections. — New members have been elected as follows : 



December 16, 1898. — Amos Reed Buck, Miss Virginia Butler, General 

 James A. Dumont, R. H. Duncan, E. W. Gould, Hon. J. L. Slayden, M C, 

 Alonzo H. Stewart, Miss M. B. Warren. 



December 23, 1898.— Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, Dr Basil H. Dutcher, Louis 

 H. Perley, Prof. Frank J. Polley, Dr William L. Ralph, George T. Rob- 

 erts, Miss Lewanna Wilkins. 



January 3, 1899. — Dr C. Evelyn Gilbert, Henry Cleveland Perkins, 

 Miss Margaret P. Smith. 



January 13, 1899.— Albert H. Bumstead, Miss M. R. Hays, A. J. Henry, 

 Gust. Moser, Mr Tarn Ye. 



January 27, 1899— R. Eckfeld, Mrs Emily J. Harris, Mrs W. Keiller, 

 Miss Estell Reel, Henry E. Sawyer, Mrs Fanny Bullock Workman. 



MAJOR JED HOTCHKISS 



Major Hotchkiss died at his residence in Staunton, Virginia, on Jan- 

 uary 17. He was prominent as a topographer and mining geologist, his 

 researches being mainly devoted to the development of the resources of 

 the Virginias, in which work he has borne a very prominent part. During 

 the Civil war he served as topographer upon the staffs of Generals Robert 

 E. Lee and " Stonewall " Jackson, and prepared most of the maps with 

 which these officers conducted their campaigns. 



The maps of Virginia, between the time of the Civil war and the re- 

 cent work of the United States Geological Survey in that state, were due 

 almost entirely to Major Hotchkiss' work. On the death of William B. 

 Rogers, leaving much of his work as State Geologist of Virginia unpub- 

 lished, Major Hotchkiss was selected by Mrs Rogers to prepare the results 

 of her husband's work for publication. 



Major Hotchkiss has been a member of the National Geographic Society 

 from its organization and has contributed largely to the success of its 

 lecture courses and excursions. Many members will recall the delightful 

 trip to Shendon, Virginia, on which occasion Major Hotchkiss was the 

 host, and entertained the Society with true Virginia hospitality. The 

 Society owes much to him. Personally and socially he was one of the 

 most genial and lovable of men. 



His health had been failing for some time when he was attacked by 

 meningitis, resulting in his sudden death. H. G. 



