NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



The annual reception of the Society 

 will be held at the home of the Society, 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, Saturday even- 

 ing, March n. 



POPULAR MEETINGS 

 National Rifles' Armory, 920 G street, 8 p. m. 



March 8.— " Manchuria.' ' By Col. 

 W. S. Schuyler, U. S. Army, who has 

 recently returned after spending eight 

 months with the Russian armies in 

 Manchuria. Illustrated. 



March JO. — " The Panama Canal." 

 Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, U. S. 

 N., Superintendent of the U. S. Naval 

 Observatory. Illustrated. 



March 24* — "The Commercial Prize 

 of the Orient and its Relation to the 

 Commerce of the United States." By 

 Hon. O. P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau 

 ot Statistics. Illustrated. 



March 31. — "From Lexington to 

 York town." By Mr W. W. Ellsworth, 

 of the Century Company. Illustrated. 



April \ 4. — " Fighting the Boll 

 Weevil/' By DrL,. O. Howard, Chief of 

 the Bureau of Entomology. Illustrated. 



April 28— " Niagara Falls." By Dr 

 G. K. Gilbert, Vice-President National 

 Geographic Society. Illustrated. 



SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, 8 p. m. 



March 3. — General subject, "Pro- 

 gress in Plant Physiology. ' ' Papers by 

 Dr George T. Moore and others on ' ' In- 

 oculating the Ground," " Protecting 

 Municipal Water Supply Systems, ' ' etc. 



March 17— "Japan." 



The Geography of Japan. By Mr 

 Eki Hioki, First Secretary of the Japa- 

 nese Legation. 



The Fisheries of Japan. By Dr Hugh 

 M. Smith. 



Agriculture in Japan. By Mr David 

 G. Fairchild. 



April 7.—" Forestry." 



Papers by Mr GifTord Pinchot, Mr 

 Overton Price, and others, of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Forestry, and a paper on 

 Japanese Bamboos, by Mr David G. 

 Fairchild. 



For the benefit of the many new mem- 

 bers of the Society the by-laws are re- 

 printed below. 



BY-IvAWS OF THE NATIONAL GEO- 

 GRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



Article I. — Name. 



The name of this Society is The National 

 Geographic Society. 



Article II.— Object. 



The object of the Society is the increase and 

 diffusion of geographic knowledge. 



Article III.— Membership. 



Section i. The Society shall consist of mem- 

 bers, honorary members, fellows,* and patrons. 



SEC 2. Members shall be persons interested 

 in geographic science. 



Sec 3. Honorary members shall be persons 

 who have attained eminence by the promotion 

 of geographic science. They shall not be mem- 

 bers of the corporation, nor shall they vote or 

 hold office. 



Sec. a. Fellows shall be persons engaged in 

 scientific work pertaining to geography. They 

 shali be members of the corporation. 



SEC. 5. Patrons shall be persons interested 

 in geography who have contributed one thou- 

 sand dollars or more to the objects of the So- 

 ciety ; they shall be entitled to all the privi- 

 leges of membership for life. 



Sec 6. The election of members, honorary 

 members, fellows, and patrons shall be en- 

 trusted to the Board of Managers. 



Article IV. — Officers. 



Section i. The administration of the Soci- 

 ety shall be entrusted to a Board of Managers 

 composed of twenty-four members, eight of 

 whom shall be elected by the Society at each 

 annual meeting, to serve for three years, or 

 until their successors are elected. A majority 

 of the votes cast shall be necessary for election. 



SEC. 2. The Board of Managers shall elect 

 annually from their own number a President 

 * No fellows have as yet been elected. 



