PROCEEDINGS. 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES. 
Washington, D. C., December 22, 1888. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington : 
We have the honor to present the following report for 1888: 
The last annual report brought the record of membership 
down to December 21, 1887, at which date the number of 
active members was.. 189 
This number has been increased by the addition of 11 new 
members and by the return of 1 absent member. It has 
been diminished by the departure of 3 members, by the 
resignation of 2, by the dropping of 6 for non-payment of 
dues, and by the death of 5 members. There has thus 
been a net decrease of. 4 
And the active membership is now. 185 
The roll of new members is : 
L. A. Bauer. G. H. Eldridge. E. D. Preston. 
Andrew Braid. B. E. Fernow. 0. H. Tittmann. 
D. C. Chapman. L. 0. Howard. R. B. Warder. 
R. T. Edes. Arthur Keith. 
The roll of deceased members is: ' 
F. V. Hayden, died December 22,1887. 
Peter Parker, died January 10, 1888. 
Emil Bessels, died March 30, 1888. 
Thomas Hampson, died April 22, 1888. 
H. F. Walling, died April 8, 1888. 
E. B. Elliott, died May 24, 1888. 
R. D. Irving, died May 30, 1888. 
Of these five were, on the active list and two, Messrs. Hayden 
and Walling, on the absent list. 
There have been 17 meetings, of which 15 have been for the 
presentation and discussion of papers, one for the President’s 
annual address, and one for the annual reports and election of 
officers. The average attendance (at the 15 meetings for the 
presentation of papers) has been 40. Also the Philosophical 
