PROCEEDINGS. 
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GENERAL MEETINGS. 
1894. 
413th Meeting. January 6, 1894. 
The President, Mr. Robert Fletcher, in the chair. 
Thirty-one members present. 
The President announced the following standing committees 
of the Society for 1894. 
On Publications: 
Marcus Baker, Chairman . W. C. Winlock. W. A. De Caindry. 
On Communications: 
F. W. Clarke, Chairman. 0. H. Tittmann. F. H. Bigelow. 
E. D. Preston. 
Announcement was also made of the election to membership 
of Edward Bennett Garriott, of the United States Weather 
Bureau. 
The committee appointed at the last meeting to audit the 
accounts of the Treasurer submitted the following report, which 
was adopted: 
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE FOR 1893. 
Washington, D. C., January 6 , 189If. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The undersigned, a committee appointed at the annual meet¬ 
ing of the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 23, 
1893, for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the Treasurer, 
respectfully report as follows: 
We have examined the statement of receipts, including dues, 
interest, and sales, and find the same to be correct. We have 
