PROCEEDINGS. 
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398th Meeting. January 21, 1893. 
President Goode in the chair. 
Forty-one members present. 
Announcement was made of the death, on May 29, 1892, of 
Reuben Delavan Mussey, a member of the Society. 
On behalf of the Auditing Committee appointed December 22, 
1892, Mr. Curtis submitted the following report, which was 
adopted: 
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE FOR 1892. 
Washington City, December 30, 1892. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The undersigned, a committee elected at the annual meeting 
of the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 22, 1892, 
for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Treasurer, respect¬ 
fully report as follows: 
We have examined the statement of receipts, including dues, 
interest, and sales, and find the same to be correct. We have 
examined the statement of disbursements, compared it with the 
vouchers, and find that they agree. 
We have examined the returned checks, which agree with the 
bank book and with the vouchers. 
The balance reported by Riggs & Co. December 22, 1892, viz., 
$144.91, agrees with the Treasurer’s report. 
We have examined the United States and Cosmos Club bonds 
belonging to the Society and find them to be in amount and 
character as represented in the Treasurer’s report, aggregating 
$5,000. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Geo. E. Curtis. 
Edward Farquhar. 
Geo. P. Merrill. 
The committee appointed at the last meeting to consider the 
matter of commemorative exercises in connection with the four 
hundredth meeting submitted a report, which was adopted and 
referred to the General Committee to be carried into effect. 
