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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
The number of new pages of published matter was 74- in 1901 
and 38 in 1902. The average number of pages per year, 1895-99, 
was nearly 90. 
To sum up, the Society is gaining in membership, and the in¬ 
crease in percentage of attendance at the meetings indicates 
greater interest in the papers than has ever been shown before. 
The Society is publishing less than it formerly did. 
John F. Hayford, 
Charles K. Wead, 
Secretaries. 
The annual report of the Treasurer was read and referred to 
an auditing committee, consisting of Messrs. G. C. Maynard, 
F. J. Radelfinger, and H. Farqupiar. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR 1902. 
Washington, D. C., December 20, 1902. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The Treasurer has the honor to submit his annual report for 
the year 1902. 
The income of the Society for the year consisted of dues of 
members, interest on the investments of the Society in bonds of 
the Cosmos Club and Columbia Railway, stock of the Washington 
Sanitary Improvement Co., and on bank deposit with the Amer¬ 
ican Security and Trust Co., sale of publications, and rental of 
Dues of members for the year 1899. $10 00 
Dues of members for the year 1900. 25 00 
Dues of members for the year 1901. 55 00 
Dues of members for the year 1902. 455 00 
Dues of members for the year 1903. 5 00 
—-- $550 00 
Interest on $500 U. S. 4 per cent. bond... 20 00 
Sale of publications—Bulletin. 6 25 
Dividend on $1000 stock of Washington Sanitary Improve* 
ment Co. 40 56 
Interest on $4500 Cosmos Club bonds.... 205 00 
Interest on $1000 Columbia Railway bond. 60 00 
Rental of stereopticon to other scientific societies. 52 00 
Interest on bank deposit. 7 29 
Total receipts . $941 10 
