PROCEEDINGS. 
483 
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE FOR 1898. 
Washington, D. C., December 16 , 1898. 
The undersigned, a committee appointed at a meeting of the 
Society, December 10, 1898, to audit the accounts of the Treas¬ 
urer, respectfully report as follows : 
We have examined the statement of receipts, including dues 
and interest, and find the same to be correct. 
We have examined the statement of disbursements and com¬ 
pared it with the vouchers and find them to agree. 
We have compared the balance reported by the Riggs’ Na¬ 
tional Bank as on deposit December 11, 1898, and find it to 
agree with the amount reported by the Treasurer. 
We find further that the Treasurer has received since Decem¬ 
ber 11,1898, and has in his possession checks for dues amount¬ 
ing to $20. 
We have examined the securities in the box of the Society at 
the National Safe Deposit and Trust Company and find them 
to be as follows: 
$1,500 U. S. registered 4 per cent.; $1,000 Columbia Street 
Railway 6 per cent.; $2,400 Cosmos Club 5 per cent, of 1886, 
with coupons attached of December 1,1898; $700 Cosmos Club 
5 per cent, of 1891; $500 Cosmos Club 5 per cent, of 1893, mak¬ 
ing in all $6,100, par value. 
We find arrearages of dues for 1897 amounting to $20 and for 
1898 amounting to $90. 
Charles K. Wead. 
Edward Goodfellow. 
The election of officers for 1899 was then held, and resulted 
as follows: 
President . 
Vice-Presidents . 
Ti'easurer . 
.0. H. Tittmann. 
H. S. Pritchett. 
G. M Sternberg. 
B. R. Green. 
C. D. Walcott. 
L. F. Ward. 
Secretaries 
J. E. Watkins. E. D. Preston. 
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