TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1889. Annual Meeting of the American Geographical Society, held at Chickering Hall, Tuesday, January 15, 1889, at 8 o'clock, P. M. President DALY in the chair. On motion, duly seconded, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. The following persons were elected Fellows of the Society: Edmund Horace Hamilton, Richard V. Lewis, William C. Hendrie, William Openhym, Willis Van Devanter, Charles A. Sackett, George Bird Grinnell, William P. O'Connor, Walter Gillies, Chas. P. Huntington, Stephen M. Chester, Franklin E. Taylor, Thurlow Weed Barnes, Prof. Henry W. Haynes, Frank H. Lovell, Henry S. Topping, James H. Benson, Charles J. Gillis, Roland R. Conklin, Joseph Albree, Robert C. Martin, John A. Beyer, C. F. Atkinson, S. L. Abbot, M.D., Thomas Day, A. M. Underhill, Martin Brimmer, John C. Ropes, C. F. A. Hinrichs, Lucien C. Warner, Prof. Angelo Heilprin, Prof. Edward C. Pickering, Clarence W. Barron, John R. De Zeller, Frank D. Hurtt, Prof. J. M. Rice, Thomas Cary Felton, Philip Sherwood Smith, S. H. Kaufmann, Hon. Richard C. McCormick, Francis Blake, Edward Eldridge, A. L. Conger, Dr. Edward G. Gardner, Henry B. Coxe, Rev. Charles Higbee, W. Hastings, Peter Koch, Hon. Wm. D. Harden. The annual report of the Council was then presented and read: New York, January 15, 1889. Since the last annual report there have been held six regular meetings of the Society, eight stated and six special meetings of the Council. At the annual meeting on the 10th of January, 1888, President Daly delivered an address on the "Recent Geographical Work of the World." On the 15th of February, Prof. William Libbey, Jr., read a paper on "Moscow." On the 29th of March, the Hon. Clarence Pullen delivered a lecture on the "City of Mexico." On the 25th of April, Mr. F. S. Dellenbaugh described his observations during a residence in "Finistère: the Artist's Corner of Brittany." On the 13th of November, Gen. James Harrison Wilson delivered an Address on “China and its Progress." On the 18th of December, Prof. Wm. H. Brewer, of Yale University, read a paper entitled: "A Contribution to the History of the Great Basin, west of the Rocky Mountains." All these lectures were illustrated with stereopticon views. The publication of the Bulletin has proceeded with regularity. The additions made to the Library and Map Room number 2,389, viz.: Books, 431, Atlases 24, Maps and Charts 229, and Pamphlets, including Serials, 1,705. The annual report of the Treasurer, Mr. Walter R. T. Jones, shows a balance to the credit of the General Fund of $1,370.97. It is with great satisfaction that the Council calls the attention of the Fellows to the unintermitted growth of the Society in numbers and in prosperity, and to the broadening horizon of its useful ness. WLLIAM REMSEN, The Nominating Committee then presented the following report: To the American Geographical Society: The Nominating Committee, appointed to select officers to fill vacancies-under resolution by the Society, passed at its meeting, December 18, 1888-respectfully report the selection of the following nominees for election, in accordance with Chapter V. Section 2, of the By-Laws: For President-Chas. P. Daly, LL.D., term to expire January, 1890. For Vice-President-Gen. Egbert L. Viele, term to expire January, 1892. For Treasurer-Walter R. T. Jones, term to expire January, 1890. For Recording Secretary.-Elial F. Hall, term to expire January, 1892. For Councillors-Chandler Robbins, Levi Holbrook, Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, LL.D., Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D., and Gustav E. Kissel, terms to expire January, 1892. Rev. C. C. Tiffany, D.D., term to expire January, 1891. N. P. BAILEY, Chairman, Nominating Committee. On motion of Mr. Henry K. Southwick, duly seconded, Mr. Clinton Roosevelt was appointed to cast the vote of the Society for the nominees; and they were declared duly elected. The President then introduced the speaker of the evening, Mr. H. Ballantine, who delivered an address on the "Vale of Cashmere." On motion, the Society adjourned. Special meeting of January 28th, held at Chickering Hall. On motion, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The following persons were elected Fellows of the Society: R. J. Nunn, M.D., Fred'k O. Prince, Samuel H. Russell, Jesse Young, Geo. W. Vanderbilt, Fred'k G. Bromberg, Rowland Hazard, H. D. Harrower, Frank A. Jayne, John H. Hayward, Orlando M. Harper, Frederick Robert, Wallace Wood, Gardiner G. Hubbard, Brace Hayden, Prof. Chas. Sprague Smith, Geo. C. Clausen, Chas. F. Clark, Prof. Geo. Forman, A. S. Hallidie, Walter W. Law, Robt. F. Wilkinson, F. Griswold Tefft, Joseph Tuckerman, Alexander E. Orr, E. P. Alexander, W. E. F. Deal, Jas. F. Buckner, Jr. The President then introduced to the Society Mr. Carl Lumholtz, of Christiania, Norway, who gave an account of his observations during "A Residence among the Aborigines of Australia." On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of February 11th, held at Chickering Hall. President DALY in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dispensed with. The following persons were elected Fellows of the Society: Hon. George E. Adams, D. H. Bidwell, Norman Henderson, Charles R. Crane, Edward R. Biddle, William T. Emmet, John E. Peabody, Augustus C. Gurnee, David Lydig, Welcome G. Hitchcock, Wm. H. Rowe, M. J. Keogh, H. H. Greene, Dr. George Marsland. President DALY then introduced the speaker of the evening, Dr. Titus Munson Coan, who delivered an address on "The Sandwich Islands: their Volcanoes and People." On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of March 12th, held at Chickering Hall. President DALY in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with; and the following persons, recommended by the Council, were elected Fellows of the Society : Walter R. Leggat, G. K. Gilbert, W. D. Baldwin, Henry J. Davison, Arthur F. Bissell, Clinton G. Reynolds, Eugene W. Durkee, John L. Hardee, Frederic D. Philips, E. B. Gage, Charles Renauld, William Sellers, John D. Cheever, George Abbot James, David W. Armstrong, Thomas Baring, John Screven, Chas. E. Peck, Wm. Reynolds Brown, C. N. Hoagland, M.D., John H. Gourlie, Jr., E. R. Squibb, Francis Spies, Norman S. Bentley, Wm. W. McFarland, H. A. Du Pont, Alfred Roelker, James B. Dickson, Edward Steinbrügge, Alfred M. Townsend, T. Egerton Hogg, J. M. McBryde, Wm. N. Amory, Hoffman Atkinson, W. A. Ross, Pierre J. Smith, E. J. Denning, Poultney Bigelow, Charles E. Bidwell, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Robert Bowne, Josephus F, Holloway, Everett Frazar, George H. Daley, S. C. T. Dodd, Stephen S. Palmer, Geo. Dacre Bleything, Somerville P. Tuck, Edwin H. Abbot, Edwin H. Mead. President DALY then introduced to the Society the Rev. Lysander Dickerman, who delivered an address on "The Discovery of a Forgotten Nation (the Hittite Empire)." On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of April 16th, held at Chickering Hall. President DALY in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. The following persons were elected Fellows of the Society : J. D. Sutton, John T. Farrish, Chas. H. Wilkin, M.D., Geo. Carlton Comstock, Edward B. Harper, S. C. Harriot, James M. Halsted, Wm. Hancock Clark, Charles Sooysmith, Henry C. Howells, Joseph Struthers, Robert M. Thompson, Peter Donald, Edward Mayes, Eugene M. Cole, David W. Fenton, Thomas Lowthian, Charles Tatham, Rev. Wm. C. Roberts, A. N. de Goicouria, Harvey Edward Fisk, Wm. J. Henley, Christian Weber, Frank K. Hain, Harrison E. Webster, Ethelbert D. Warfield. President DALY then introduced Prof. F. A. Ober, who delivered an address, entitled "Algeria, with a Glance at Tunisia." The Society, on motion, adjourned. Meeting of October 28th, held at Chickering Hall. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with : The following persons were elected Fellows of the Society: J. Augustus Dix, Henry A. Smith, James Milliken, J. Van D. Reed, J. H. Brower Browning, M.D., Alexander Maitland, Theodore H. Freeland, Henry Kimber, M.P., Joseph A. Gargiulo, John L. Gardner, George L. Putnam, Woodruff Sutton, Juan G. Ribon, James Macdonough, Charles R. Flint. President DALY then introduced to the Society Miss A. Russell, who delivered an address on "South African Republics, their Races and their Progress, their Diamond and Gold Mines." On motion, the Society adjourned. Meeting of November 11th, held at Chickering Hall. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dispensed with; and President DALY, after a few preliminary remarks, introduced Mr. Cope Whitehouse, a Fellow of the Society, who deliv |