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magnetite is found in certain localities. The region between Antung and Moukden is 

 very hilly, the formation being limestone or sandstone, and both coal and iron are mined 

 near Nanfen. From Moukden to Harbin the country is gently undulating, but Kirin 

 is situated in a very hilly district, probably of volcanic origin, while Imienpo lies among 

 low, wooded hills. Northwest of Harbin and beyond Tsitsihar the country is one vast 

 steppe with no trees or cultivated lands. Between Buchedu and Hailar the railway 

 crosses the Khangan range said to contain a variety of minerals, while beyond Hailar to 

 the Siberian border the country is open and undulating with deposits of coal and iron 

 near Manchouli. 



Table 14 gives a list of stations occupied, with dates and geographic positions; for 



magnetic data, see Table of Results. 



Table 14. 



'Stations Nos. 1 and 2 are in Chihli; all the others are in Manchuria. The Manchurian 

 stations are <li>liibuted as follows: Nos. 3-8, and 13-24, Shengking; Nos. 9-12, Kwantung 

 Leased Territory; Nos. 25-28, and No. 35, Kirin; Nos. 29-34, Heilungkiang. 



Grateful acknowledgment is made of the active interest shown and assistance ren- 

 dered by the railway authorities at Harbin and of the valuable information supplied by 

 the Director of the Meteorological Observatory. The success of the expedition was 

 largely due to the courteous and efficient assistance rendered by the various American 

 and Russian consuls in Manchuria, while the hospitality of the Irish and Scotch Pres- 

 byterian Missions contributed largely to the pleasure and comfort of the expedition. 



