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Section E.— GEOGRAPHY, 



THUBSBAT, SEPTEMBER 6. 



Page 



Address by Colonel Sir 0. W. Wilson, R.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.C.L., 



F.R.S., F.R.G.S., President of the Section 7J9 



1. Le Canal de Panama. Par F. de Lesseps 738 



2. Meteorological Conditions of the Eed Sea. By Lieut.-General Steachet, 

 F.R.S '^^ 



3. Sea Temperatures in the neighboui-hood of Cape Guardafui. By Lieut.- 

 General Steachey, F.R.S "38 



4. The Salinity of the Clyde Sea Area. By Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc, 

 F.R.S.E "3° 



5. Sea Temperatures on the Continental Shelf. By Hugh Robert Mill, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E "39 



6. Perspective Maps and Common Maps. By Arthur W. Olatden, M.A,, 



F.GS 740 



7. • Little Russia.' By E. Delmar Morgan, F.R.G.S 740 



8. Third Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of drawing 



attention to the desirability of prosecuting further research in the Ant- 

 arctic Regions 741 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 



1. Explorations on the Chindwin River, Upper Burmah, in 1886-87. By 



Colonel WooDTHOEPE, R.E 741 



2. A new Route from India to Tibet. By Captain W. J. Elwes 741 



3. Russian Topographical Surveys. By E. Delmar Morgan, F.R.G.S 741 



4. Notes on the Geography of the Region from the Nile to the Euphrates as 

 known to the ancient Egyptians. By the Rev. Henry George Tomkins 741 



5. Remarks on Mr. Tomkins's Paper. By Major Condbr, R.E 743 



6. Recent Explorations East of the Jordan. By Captain A. M. Mantell, 



R.E 743 



7. Jerusalem : Nehemiah's AVall and the Royal Sepulchres. By George 



St. Clair, F.G.S 744 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 



1. Tunis since the French Protectorate. By Colonel Sir Lambert Playfair, 

 K.C.M.G 745 



2. The Commercial Future of Central Africa. By Colonel Sir Francis de 

 WiNTON 745 



3. Bechuanaland and the Land of Ophir. By the Rev. John Mackenzie ... 745 



4. The Transvaal, or South African Republic. By P. H. Ford 745 



5. The Cameroons. By H. H. Johnston 745 



6. Dr. Livingstone and Lake Bangweolo. By E. G. Ravenstein 745 



7. Notes from the Atlas Mountains. By Jos. Thomson 745 



8. Akkas and Dwarfs in Southern Morocco. By R. G. Haliburton 745 



9. Through Kakongo. By Q. E. Dennett 745 



