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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
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 statement of disbursements, compared 
it with the vouchers, and find that they agree. 
We have examined the returned checks and vouchers and 
find one voucher unrepresented by a check, this check being 
for $0.30. 
We have examined the bank book and find that the balance 
on deposit reported by Riggs & Co. December 11, 1897, viz., 
$712.72, agrees with the Treasurer’s report if the outstanding 
check for $0.30, above mentioned, is deducted. 
We have examined the United States and Cosmos Club bonds 
and the bond of the Columbia Street Railway Company and 
find them to be in amount and character as represented in the 
Treasurer’s report, aggregating $6,100. 
Isaac Winston. 
Artemas Martin. 
Mr. J. E. Watkins read a paper on The transportation and 
lifting of heavy bodies by the ancient engineers—a possible 
method. [Published in Cassiers Magazine, New York, 1898, 
December, vol. xv, no. 2, pp. 108-114; republished, with addi¬ 
tions, in Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1898.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Adler, Bigelow, Dall, Wead, 
and the author. 
Mr. T. J. J. See read a paper on Recent discoveries of double 
stars in the Southern hemisphere. 
It was discussed by the President and by Messrs. Hedrick, 
Abbe, Walcott, and the author. 
Mr. C. D. Walcott read a paper on The United States forestry 
reserves. [Published in Popular Science Monthly, 1898, Feb¬ 
ruary, pp. 1-13; also separate^.] 
It was discussed by Mr. Birnie and the author. 
