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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Announcement was made of the death, on January 3, 1895, of 
Mr. Daniel Currier Chapman. 
The Auditing Committee elected at the last meeting submitted 
its report, which was adopted. 
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE FOR 1894. 
Washington, January 5 , 1895. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The undersigned, a committee elected at the annual meeting 
of the Society, December 22, 1894, for the purpose of auditing 
the accounts of the Treasurer, respectfully report as follows: 
We have examined the statement of receipts, including dues, 
interest, and sales, and find the same to be correct. We have 
examined the statements of disbursements, compared it with the 
vouchers, and find that they agree. 
We have examined the returned checks and vouchers and 
find two vouchers unrepresented by checks, these checks being 
for $10 and $27.74 respectively. We have examined the bank 
book and find that the balance reported by it December 18, 
1894, was $633.45, being $37.74 in excess of the balance reported 
by the Treasurer. The difference is accounted for by the two 
checks referred to, which had not been presented at the time 
the bank book was settled. 
We have examined the United States and Cosmos Club bonds 
belonging to the Society and find them to be in amount and 
character as represented in the Treasurer’s report, aggregating 
$5,500. 
W J McGee, Chairman. 
Isaac Winston. 
Cleveland Abbe. 
Mr. William Harkness read a paper on shade-glasses for tele¬ 
scopes in observing the sun. [Not published.] 
Remarks were made upon this paper by Mr. Paul. 
Mr. J. W. Powell presented a communication on The four 
methods of interpreting nature. [Not published.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Ward, Doolittle, and Bigelow. 
