PROCEEDINGS. 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARIES FOR 1894. 
Washington, D. C., December 22, 189 J. 
To the Philosophical Society of Washington: 
The Secretaries have the honor to submit the following annual 
report, covering from the 412th meeting, December 23, 1893, to 
the 427th meeting, December 12, 1894, inclusive: 
The number of active members of the Society given in the last 
annual report was 177. During the year 3 have died, 13 have 
resigned, 4 have been dropped, and 6 have been transferred to 
the absent list; 4 new members have been elected, and the 
number of active members December 12, 1894, was 155. 
The deaths have been : 
Robert Stanton Avery. Garrick Mallery. 
James Clarke Welling. 
The new members are: 
Edward Bennett Garriott. John Thompson Hedrick. 
Elmer Gates. Charles Kasson Wead. 
The number of members on the absent list December 12,1894, 
was 70. 
Besides the annual meeting and the meetings at which Mr. 
G. Brown Goode, President of the Society for 1893, and Dr. 
Robert Fletcher, President of the Society for 1894, delivered 
their addresses, there were 13 regular meetings of the Society for 
the presentation and discussion of papers. At these meetings 
the average attendance was 35, an increase of 2 over the average 
attendance of 1893. 
Thirty-one communications were made to the Society by 29 
members, an increase of 2 communications and 4 participants 
over last year. The number of those who took part in the dis¬ 
cussions was increased from 34 to 38. 
The General Committee held 15 meetings, with an average 
attendance of 11; minimum attendance 8 and maximum 15. 
Respectfully submitted. 
J. S. Diller, 
W. C. Winlock, 
Secretaries. 
71—Bull. Phil. Soc., Wash., Vol. 12. 
