Resolved: That the members of the Society pledge themselves severally to use their best endeavors to obtain two new members each for the Society, within the next ten days and report their names to the Secretary of the Society.
Resolved: That a committee of five, of which the President shall be chairman, be appointed by the President for the purpose of devising plans and raising means for carrying out the purposes for which the Society is organized.
The President named as such committee,
Messrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard, Chairman,
Marcus Baker,
Henry Gannett,
A. W. Greely,
Everett Hayden.
May 16, 1890. 41st meeting.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 50.
Mr. Josiah Pierce, Jr., read a paper on "The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain—its history and object," which was illustrated by numerous maps and drawings. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Baker, Bartle, Gannett, Gilbert, W. D. Johnson, Littlehales, Gilbert Thompson and the author. Published in The National Geographic Magazine. 8°. Washington, D. C. August, 1890. Vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 243-260.
—— SUMMER VACATION. ——
November 26, 1890. Special meeting.
Meeting held in Lincoln Music Hall. Hon. W. T. Harris presided. Attendance, 800.