December i, 1905 



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 eighteenth year of its history, is 10,000, of whom 1,400 are resident in 

 Washington and 8,600 distributed throughout every State in the Union and in 

 many foreign countries. Candidates for admission in the Society must be pro- 

 posed 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. The present officers are 



Willis h. Moore, President. Henry Gannett, Vice-President. 



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



Eliza R. Scidmore, Foreign Secretary. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor. 



BOARD OF MANAGERS 



1903-1905 

 O. P. Austin 

 Charles J. Bell 

 T. C. Chambkrlin 

 George Davidson 

 John Joy Edson 

 David G. Fairchild 

 A. J. Henry 

 C. Hart Merriam 



1 904- 1 906 

 Henry F. Blount 

 CM. Chester 

 F. V. Coville 

 D. C. Gilman 

 S. H. Kauffmann 

 Willis L> Moore 

 Israel C. Russell 

 R. D. Salisbury 



1905-1907 

 Alexander Gkaham Bell 

 Alfred H. Brooks 

 Henry Gannett 

 A. W. Greely 

 Gilbert H. Grosvenor 

 Angelo Heilprin 



R. H. TlTTMANN 



ohn M. Wilson 



