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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES FOR 1892. 
Washington, D. C., December 22, 1892. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The Secretaries have the honor to submit the following annual 
report for the year 1892 : 
The number of active members recorded in last year’s report 
was 197. Since that time 3 members have died—General M. C. 
Meigs, January 2; Hon. John Jay Knox, February 9, and Pro¬ 
fessor E. T Fristoe, July 30—7 have resigned, 2 have been 
dropped, and 5 have been transferred to the absent list; 4 new 
members have been elected and 4 have been transferred to the 
active list. The net loss to the active list is therefore 9, leaving 
the active list at the close of this meeting 188. 
The roll of new members for 1892 is as follows: 
Henry Fitch Blount. William Bramwell Powell. 
Frederick Haynes Newell. George Rockwell Putnam. 
The Society has held 15 regular meetings and 1 special meet¬ 
ing for the presentation and discussion of communications. A 
special meeting was held January 20 for the delivery of the 
annual address of the retiring President of 1891. Besides these 
there were the regular meeting for the delivery of the annual 
address of the retiring President of 1892 and the present annual 
meeting, making in all 19 meetings held during the year. 
The average attendance at the meetings held for the presenta¬ 
tion of papers was 33. The least number in attendance at any 
meeting was 20 and the greatest 75. 
During the year 43 communications were presented to the 
Society by 26 members and 2 guests. Of these communications 
2 were presidential addresses and 9 obituary notices. 
Seven communications, including 1 presidential address, have 
been published by the Society and 10 others are in course of 
publication. 
The General Committee has held 17 regular meetings (includ¬ 
ing the present meeting of December 22) and 1 special meeting 
during the year 1892, with an average attendance of 13. The 
least number at any meeting was 8 and the greatest number 17. 
The Mathematical Section has held 4 meetings, at which 6 
