PROCEEDINGS. 
563 
GENERAL MEETINGS. 
1891. 
362d Meeting. January 3, 1891. 
President Mendenhall in the chair. 
Forty-eight members and guests present. 
The report of the committee appointed to audit the accounts 
of the Treasurer was read, accepted, and placed on file. 
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 
Washington, D. C., December 31, 1890. 
To the Philosophical Society, Washington , D. C.: 
The undersigned, a committee appointed at the annual meet¬ 
ing of the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 20, 
1890, for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Treasurer, 
respectfully report as follows : 
We have examined the statement of receipts, including dues, 
sales, and interest, and find the same to be correct. We have 
examined the statement of disbursements, compared it with the 
vouchers, and found that they agree. We have examined the 
returned checks, which agree with the bank book and with the 
vouchers. 
The balance of cash on hand, reported by the Treasurer as 
$1,133.40, is accounted for by the receipt of W. A. De Caindry, 
the newly elected Treasurer. The other assets of the Society, as 
reported by the Treasurer, are also accounted for by the receipt 
of W. A. De Caindry. They are as follows: 
1 Government bond, at 4 per cent., No. 64,596. $500 00 
1 Government bond, at 4 per cent., No. 135,639. 1,000 00 
22 bonds of the Cosmos Club, at 5 per cent., Nos. 
16-21, 119-132, 135 and 136. 2,200 00 
Total... $3,700 00 
Edward Farquhar. 
George E. Curtis. 
