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(3) Whether you, or any party from your institution, cspcct to take 

 part in the work in question. 



(4) Whether you can raise the necessary funds for the work you 

 desire to undertake, or consider some general appeal to the public to be 

 required. 



(5) W^hat class of observations you feel best prepared to make, or 

 vrill be likely to prosecute. 



Your reply, wliich the committee will be glad to have permission to 

 publish, should this prove to be desirable, may be addressed to the 

 Secretary, Ycrkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis. 

 Very respectfully, 



Simon Newcomb, Chairman, 

 George E. Hale, Secretary, 

 E. E. Barnaed, 

 W. W. Campbell, 



Committee. 



20. Seventh International Geographical Congress, Berlin, 1899. 



Tiie Honorary Secretary Iras received a communication informing 

 the Royal Society that the Geographical Society of Berlin, which is 

 assisted by a General German Council, cordially invites the friends and 

 promoters of geography in all countries, and especially the members of 

 all geographical societies and cognate scientific bodies or institutes to 

 assemble at the German capital for the meeting of the seventh Inter- 

 national Geographical Congress. The meeting of the Congress will take 

 place from Thursday, September 28th to Wednesday, October 4th, 1899. 



The subjects which may be treated or discussed at the Congress are 

 embraced in the following groups : 



1. Mathematical geography, geodesy, cartography, geophysics ; 



2. Physical geography (geomorphology, oceanology, climatology) ; 



3. Biological geography ; 



4. Industrial and commercial geography ; 



5. Ethnology ; 



6. Topical geography, exploring travels ; 



7. History of geography and of cartography ; 



8. Methodology, school geography, bibliography, orthography of 

 geographical names. 



All correspondence relating to matters of the Congress is to be 

 addressed 



To the VII. International Geographical Congress, 



90 Zimmerstrasse, Berlin, S.W. 



