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19.* Japan: its Geography, Resources, and Future, 
Hon D. W. Stevens 
Introductory Remarks by His Excellency Mr Kurino, the 
Japanese Minister. 
26.* The Elements of Physiography......... Major J. W. Powell 
2.+ The Science of Geography...General A. W. Greely, U. S. A. 
The First Landfall of Columbus in the Light of Early Car- 
GOT DIY cain iercinticeuiycl cal cas Se! a we asdepeleaelas Mr J. W. Redway 
9.* Physiographic Processes................ Major J. W. Powell 
16.+ The Origin and Configuration of the Upper Alpine Passes, 
Dr Lafayette C. Loomis 
23.* From Cape Town into the Countries of the Ma-Shukulumbe, 
Dr Emil Holub 
30.f Recent Results in Oceanography, 
Ensign Everett Hayden, U.S. N. 
The Sigsbee Deep-sea Sounding Machine, 
Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N. 
The Outfit and Cruises of the U. S. F. C. S. Allatross, 
Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. N. 
7.* The Land of the Midnight Sun...... ‘Mr Paul B. Du Chaillu 
14.+ The Geographic Distribution of Soils, 
Professor Milton Whitney 
The Geographic Distribution of Life....Dr C. Hart Merriam 
21.* The Political Geography of Asia........ Hon John W. Foster 
28. The Economic Aspects of Erosion..... Professor N. 8. Shaler 
Joint Meeting with American Forestry Association, in the 
National Museum. Introductory Remarks by Hon J. 
Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture. 
4.* Labor and Industries of the South....Hon Carroll D. Wright 
11.¢ The Northern Appalachians .............. .Mr Bailey Willis 
18.* The Nicaragua Canal.................. Hon John R. Procter 
25. The Pikean, Julian, Plantagenian, and Itascan Sources of — 
GH/eUMEISSTesipp loans cele ee abe eee Elliott Coues, M. D. 
1.* The Seine, the Meuse, and the Moselle, 
Professor William M. Davis 
8.¢ Topographic Forms, 
Major Gilbert Thompson, Mr G. W. Littlehales 
15.“ (Shakespeare’s Hingland:. }..ci..sanbeeneees Rev G. Arbuthnot 
22.¢ Practical Results of the Bering Sea Arbitration, 
Mr J. Stanley-Brown 
1.* Recent Discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia, 
Rey Dr Francis Brown’ 
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