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Chapter I. Geographical Sketch of Japan 1 



By Naomasa YaMASAKI, D. Sc, Professor of Geographv, 

 Tokyo Imperial University. 

 Chapter II. The Climate of Japan, with a note on the Mete- 

 orological Service in Japan 33 



By TakematSLl Ok ad a, D. Sc, Director of the Central 

 Meteorological Observatory. 



Chapter III. Geology of the Japanese Empire, 



Part I. Geology of Japan 55 



By Nobuyasu KaneHARA, Director of the Imperial Geological 

 Survey of Japan. 



Part. II. Geology of Korea 72 



By Shigetaro Kawasaki, Director of the Geological Survey 

 of Korea. 



Chapter IV. General Aspects of the Plora. of Japan, including 

 Southern Saghalien, the Kuriles, Korea, Formosa, the 

 Loo-choos, the Bonins, and the Micronesias under the 



Japanese Mandatory Pule 77 



By Bunzo Hay at a, D. Sc, Professor of Botany, Tokyo 

 Imperial University. 



Chapter V. On the Fauna of Japan 105 



By Tokio KabURAKI, D. Sc, Professor of Zoology, Tokyo 

 Imperial University. 



Chapter VI. Races of the Japanese Empire 137 



By Yoshikiyo KogaNEI, M. D., Emer. Professor, Tokyo 



Imperial University, Akira MatSUMURA, D. Sc, Assist. 



Professor, Tokyo Imperial University, and NenOZO 

 IlTSURrcAWA, Ph. D. 



Chapter VII. The Great Earthquake of S. E. Japan on Sept. 



1, 1923, with two Appendices 141 



By Akitune ImamURA, D. Sc, Professor of Seismology, 

 Tokyo Imperial University. 



Chapter VIII. Mathematics in China and Japan 177 



. By Yoshio Mtkami. 



