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substance of it is contained in various reports and bulletins of 
the Division of Forestry, U. S. Department of Agriculture.] 
This was discussed by Messrs. Abbe, Fernow, Bigelow, Riley, 
and Chapman. 
Mr. Robert T. Hill read a paper on The occurrence of iron 
in Mexico. [Published in the American Journal of Science. 
8°, New Haven, 1893, Feb., 3d series, vol. 45, no. 266, pp. Ill— 
119.] 
This was discussed by Messrs. Turner, Cross, Diller, Hill, 
and Lindgren. 
395th Meeting. December 10, 1892. 
Vice-President Fletcher presided. 
Attendance, about four hundred. 
By the courtesy of the authorities of the Columbian University, 
the meeting was held in the lecture room of that institution. 
Mr. G. K. Gilbert, the retiring President of the Society, then 
delivered the annual address, the subject being The moon’s face; 
a study of the origin of its features. [Published in full in this 
volume, pp. 241-292.] 
396th Meeting. December 22, 1892. 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING. 
President Gilbert in the chair. 
Twenty-four members present. 
The minutes of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting were read 
and adopted. 
The annual report of the Secretaries was read and accepted. 
