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Editorial Comment. 
statement made by the committee, it appeared that 137 persons 
•had given their adhesion to the Society, of whom 70 were fel¬ 
lows of the American Association, 45 were members, and 22 
were not connected with the Association. Of the 115 “original 
fellows,” 89 had paid their fees, and during the progress of the 
day, this number was raised to 102. On a canvass of the ballots 
returned through the mails, to the Organizing Committee, it 
appeared that 22 others had been eleoted, who by the constitu¬ 
tion, would become active fellows after January 1, 1889. 
When the meeting proceeded to the election of officers, it 
was agreed that candidates standing highest on the nominating 
ballots returned through the mails, should constitute a ticket. 
On duly balloting, the board of officers was found elected as 
follows: 
James Hall, Albany, President. 
Vice Presidents. 
James D. Dana, New Haven, 
Alexander Winchell, Ann Arbor, 
J. J. Stevenson, New York, Secretary. 
H. S. Williams, Ithaca, Treasurer. 
J. W. Powell, Washington, ) 
J. S. Newberry, New York, > Fellows of the Council. 
C. H. Hitchcock, Hanover, ) 
The foregoing board constitutes the Council of the society. 
A committee was chosen by ballot for reporting a revision of 
the constitution. This consists of Alexander Wincnell, H. S. 
Williams, J. J. Stevenson, H. L. Fairchild and C. H. Hitchcock. 
The subject of publication is one of the most important ques¬ 
tions to be considered by the Council of the society; and an 
Advisory Committee was chosen consisting of J. L. LeConte of 
Berkeley, California, W. J. McGee of Washington, I. C. White 
of Morgantown, West Virginia, N. H. Winchell of Minneapo¬ 
lis, and W. M. Davis of Cambridge. 
The name of the society was discussed, and though fixed by 
the constitution for the present, as American Geological Society, 
it was generally agreed that a preferable title would be “The 
Geological Society of America.” It was also formally agreed 
that fellowship in the society should be indicated by the initials 
“F. G. S. A.,” and it was recommended that this title be em¬ 
ployed on all suitable occasions. 
It was finally voted that the secretary should prepare a report 
of the meeting to be printed in pamphlet form for distribution 
