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The report of the secretaries was read and ordered on file. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES FOR 1903. 
Washington, H. C., December 19, 1903. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The Secretaries' have the honor to submit the following report: 
The number of active members at the date of the last report 
was 110. Of this number 4 have died, 1 has resigned, and 2 have 
been transferred to the absent list, making a total loss of 7. The 
gain by the election and qualification of new members has been 
5, making a net loss of 2. The present active membership is 108. 
Two persons recently elected have not yet qualified as members. 
. The number on the absent list is 77, the same as at the date of 
the last report. 
The list of deceased members is: 
William Harkness. S. T. Abert. 
J. Elfreth Watkins. Marcus Baker. 
Three of these four were formerly officers of the Society. 
Professor Harkness was one of the Presidents of the Society, 
Mr. Watkins served as Secretary for four years and as a mem¬ 
ber of the General Committee for three years more. 
Mr. Baker's record as an officer of the Society is unique. He 
was elected Secretary of the Society in 1882 for one year, to the 
General Committee in 1885, served again as Secretary from 1886 
to 1888, again on the General Committee from 1889 to 1893, as 
Vice-President in 1894-1896, as President in 1897, and as a 
member of the General Committee from 1898 to 1903, making a 
service of 20 years in all as an officer of the Philosophical Society. 
The new members are: 
Peter Fireman. E. B. Rosa. 
A. H. Thiessen. J. R. Benton. 
C. E. Van Orstrand. 
Messrs. F. M. Little and G. R. Putnam were transferred to 
the absent list. 
Mr. F. W. True resigned. 
According to the new By-Laws of the Society adopted at the 
last annual meeting, the routine business of the Society is man- 
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