THE 



National Geographic Society 



President 

 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 



Vice-President 

 W J McGEE 



Board of Managers 



1898-1901 



A. GRAHAM BELL 

 HENRY GANNETT 

 A. W. GREELY 

 JOHN HYDE 

 W J McGEE 

 F. H. NEWELL 



Treasurer 

 HENRY GANNETT 



Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary 



F. H. NEWELL WILLIS L. MOORE 



Foreign Secretary 



ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE 



1897-1900 



MARCUS BAKER 

 HENRY F. BLOUNT 

 F. V. COVILLE 

 S. H. KAUFFMANN 

 WILLIS L. MOORE 

 W. B. POWELL 



1899-1902 



CHARLES J. BELL 

 G. K. GILBERT 

 DAVID J. HILL 

 C. HART MERRIAM 

 H. S. PRITCHETT 

 J. STANLEY-BROWN 



SECRETARY'S OFFICE 

 Rooms 117, 118, Corcoran Building, Fifteenth and F Streets N. W., Washington 



TREASURER'S OFFICE 

 U. S. Geological Survey, 1330 F St. N. W., Washington 



The National Geographic Society, the object of which is the in- 

 crease and diffusion of geographic knowledge, has a total membership 

 of 1,700. Its membership is not restricted to practical geographers, 

 but is open to any person in good standing who may be sufficiently 

 interested in its work to seek admission. The annual subscription 

 is, for active members, $5.00 per annum ; for corresponding members, 

 $2.00 per annum. The annual dues may be commuted and life 

 membership acquired by the payment at one time of $50.00 THE 

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE and other publications 

 of the Society are sent regularly to all members. 



Prizes of $150.00 and $75.00 will be awarded December 31, 1899, for essays 

 on Norse Discoveries in America. 



Entered at the Post-office iu Washington, D. C, as Second-class Mail Matte: 



