PROCEEDINGS. 
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The election of officers for the ensuing year was then held, 
with the following result: 
President . 
Vice-Presidents , 
Treasurer . 
F. H. Bigelow. 
( G. M. Sternberg. 
\ 0. H. Tittmann. 
Rogers Birnie. 
Secretaries .J. Elfreth Watkins. 
C. D. Walcott. 
L. F. Ward. 
E. D. Preston. 
MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. 
Cyrus Adler. 
W. A. De Caindry. 
J. H. Gore. 
Bernard R. Green. 
F. W. 
G. W. Littlehales. 
H. M. Paul. 
H. S. Pritchett. 
Richard Rathbun. 
True. 
477th Meeting. January 8, 1898. 
President Bigelow in the chair. 
Twenty-nine members present. 
Announcement was made of the standing committees for the 
year as follows: 
J. H. Gore. 
Committee on Communications: 
H. S. Pritchett. 
F. W. True. 
Marcus Baker. 
Committee on Publications: 
J. Elfreth Watkins. 
Cyrus Adler. 
The report of the Auditing Committee appointed at the last 
meeting was submitted and accepted. 
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE FOR 1897. 
Washington, D. C., December 16 , 1897. 
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To\the Philosophical Society of Washington : 
The undersigned, a committee appointed at the annual 
meeting of the Society, December 11, 1897, for the purpose of 
