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At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's address. Dr. N. A. Cobb 

 gave a most interesting- illustrated lecture entitled "Obser- 

 vations on some Hawaiian crop blights." This, together 

 with Mr. L. G. Blackman's paper on the camphor industry 

 will appear in another issue. 



IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS. 



COMMERCIAL ATLAS. 



Atlas of the World's Coinmerce, a new series of maps with 

 descriptive text and diagrams, showing products, imports 

 and exports, commercial conditions and economic statistics of 

 the countries of the world. Compiled from the latest official 

 returns at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute and edited bv 

 J. G. Bartholomew, F. R. S. E., F. R. G. S. 



Few recent publications are of such exceptional interest 

 to the agriculturist or to tiie merchant as the Atlas of the 

 World's Commxcrce, the early numbers of which have recently 

 been received. The atlas presents the whole question of the 

 world's products, imports and exports, Vvith impartiality and 

 exactness and although published in England, undue promi- 

 nence is not accorded to the claims of the British Empire. 

 From the merchants' point of view the world constitutes one 

 vast commercial exchange. Every, country to some extent 

 relies upon the imports of other countries, and no country 

 in itself is commercially independent. In this proposition 

 IS found the basis of .the world's fiscal question. 



The chief object of the compilers of the Atlas is to present 

 by a series of large, self-explanatory maps the principal 

 sources of the articles of commerce. In this manner is af- 

 forded a key to the merchandise of the world and a summary of 

 its material resources. A brief examination of the map which 

 is devoted to the production of cofl'ee ofifers an illustration to 

 the scope of the work. In this case a map of the world is 

 presented, upon which the cofTce growing countries are col- 

 ored red, the tint being proportioned to the quantity of pro- 

 duction. Upon the same map, the coffee importing countries 

 are represented in blue, those of large consumption, that *s, 

 where over six pounds per head per annum is used, being col- 

 ored darker than those of smaller consumption. The chief 

 lines cf export are also shown in bold outline. Arranged on 

 the same page, are smaller maps exhibiting the similar local 

 conditions in countries figuring largely in coffee production, 

 such as Brazil, Java, and the West Indies. The whole set 

 of maps devoted to coffee form a complete exposition of the 

 present question of demand and supply of this product. By 

 means of devoting a separate plate to each imjioilani; article 



