CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Executive orders 5-6 



Officers and members 7 



By-laws 9-10 



Origin and history of tlie Board 11-22 



Origin of and changes in geographic names 11 



Policy of the Board 14 



Principles 17 



Principles for special application in foreign countries 19 



How decisions are made 20 



What the Board has accomplished 22 



Conclusion 22 



Report of subcommittee on system for transliterating Russian alphabetic 



characters 23-31 



Decisions : 



General list 33 



Hawaiian names 362 



Philippine names 391 



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