PROCEEDINGS 
AT THE 
GENERAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
1888 to 1891. 
FROM THE MINUTES. 
311th Meeting. January 7, 1888. 
The President, Mr. Garrick Mallery, in the chair. 
Thirty members and guests present. 
The President announced the death, on December 22, 1887, 
of Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, a founder of the Society. 
Announcement was also made of the appointment of the fol¬ 
lowing Standing Committees: 
On Communications: 
G. K. Gilbert, Chairman. J. R. Eastman. G. Brown Goode. 
On Publications: 
Marcus Baker, Chairman. Robert Fletcher. 
W. C. Winlock. S. P. Langley. 
The report of the committee appointed to audit the Treasurer’s 
accounts was read, accepted, and ordered to be entered upon the 
minutes. The report is as follows : 
January 6, 1888. 
The undersigned, a committee appointed at the Annual Meet¬ 
ing of the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 21, 
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