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MuiR, John, cited on Muir glacier 21 



— , Observations by, on submerged for- 

 est iO 



MuEEAY, John, Record of lecture by xvi 



Myee, Albeet J., Tribute to 92 



Mylia taylori. Occurrence of 160 



National Geogeaphic Society, Display of 



flag of 205 



— , Function of 200 



Nelson, Archibald, Record of drowning 



of viii 



Nephroma articum. Occurrence of. 161 



Netherlands, The, Commerce of 6 



— , Cooperation of, in meteorologic work.. 91 

 Newberry^ river. Abandonment of term.. 1.33 

 Newell, F. H., Election of, as Secretary., xix 

 — ; Fifth annual report of the Secreta- 

 ries XX 



New Hampshire, Mapping by 109 



New Jersey, Mapping by 110 



New Madrid earthquake, Record of pa- 

 per on xvii 



New Mexico, Deserts of 167 



New York, Mapping by 109 



Nicaragua canal. Projecting of 12 



Nicolai, Acknowledgment to 125 



Nineveh, Early commerce of 1 



NisLiNG RIVER, Nativcs on 122 



NizzENAii RIVER, Navigation of 124 



NoEEis, Basil, Glacier named in honor 



of 151 



NoEEis GLACIER, Naming of 151 



— , Termination of 46 



North American Deserts (The); Johannes 



Walther 163 



NoETHEEN Pacific railway. Mapping by.. Ill 

 Nokthekn Transcontinental survey. 



Mapping by 115 



Norway, Cooperation of, in meteorologic 

 work 91 



Observers, Suggestions to 83 



Officers, Election of xix 



Ogden, H. G., Election of, as Vice-Presi- 

 dent xix 



— , Record of discussion by xviii 



report by xiii 



Ogilvie, W., Surveys in Alaska by, 



cited 119, 127 



Orography of Alaska 128 



OxYTROPis mo«ticoto, Occurrence of 79 



Palmerston (Henry John Temple) Lord, 



Opposition to Suez canal by 9 



Part^assia fimhriata, Occurrence of 79 



— palustris, Occnrrence of 79 



Parry, Sir William E., Arctic explo- 

 ration by 199 



Peary, R. E., quoted on topography of 



Greenland 204 



Peary's, Lieutenant, crossing of north- 

 ern Greenland; A. W. Greely 202 



Peck, Annie S., Record of lecture by... xviii 

 Pediculaeis verticiUata, Occurrence of... 79 



Pelly, Application of name 133 



Felly river, Topography of. 127 



Peltigera np/ii/iosa, Occurrence of 161 



— canina ?, Occurrence of 161 



— horizontalis, Occurrence of 161 



Pennsylvania. Mapping by 109 



Peters, John P., Record of lecture by xvi 



Philadelphia Academy op Natural Sci- 

 ences, Displajr of flag of 205 



Phlox ccesoitosffl. Occurrence of 79 



Photography in surveying 201 



Phythian, Captain R. L., Acknowledg- 

 ment to xvii 



Pike, Z. M., Explorations by 104 



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PiNGUicuLA vulgaris, Occurrence of 79 



PiNus ponderosa. Occurrence of. 173 



Plants (List of) collected near Muir 



glacier; W. W. Rowlee 79 



Polygonum viviparum, Occurrence of 79 



Polytrichum commune, Occurrence of..... 160 



— juniperinum. Occurrence of 160 



Pond, B. J., Record of death of xx 



Population, Record of paper on xviii 



PoRPHYRiTE from Alaska 70 



— , Special definition of 65 



Porphyry from Alaska 69 



—.Special definition of 65 



Portugal, Commerce and colonies of 4 



PoTENTiLLA anserino, Occurrence of 79 



Powell. J. W., Acknowledgments to 64 



— , cited on Colorado canyon 175 



—, Record of remarks by xvi 



— , Reference to surveys by 103 



— , Survey.s by 106 



Powell, W. B., Election of, as Manager., xix 



—, Record of paper by xix 



Powell SURVEY, Mapping by 115 



Prairies, Description of 164 



Proceedings of the National Geographic 



Society xiii 



Public land surveys, Character and ex- 

 tent of. 107 



Publications of the Society v, ix, xxi 



Pyrola secunda. Occurrence of 79 



QuARTz-DioEiTE from Alaska 60, 67 



Quartz-porphyry from Alaska 70 



Railways, Blapping by Ill 



Rainfall observations at Muir glacier... 81 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, Piracy by 7 



Randall, D. J., Record of address by xvii 



Ranunculus repens, Occurrence of 79 



Rath, G. vom, cited on crystalline rocks.. 68 

 Raymond, Captain Chas. W., Longitude 



determination by, cited 182, 185 



Refeaction on Glacier bay 52 



Reid, Haery Fielding, Collections by.. 63, 78 



— ; Studies of Bluir glacier, Alaska 19 



—, Surveys by 127 



Report (Fifth annual) of the Secretaries; 



F. H. Newell and E. R. Scidmore xx 



Treasurer ; C. J. Bell xxii 



— (Fourth annual) of the Secretaries ; 



Marcus Bakef and C. A. Kenaston... vii 

 Treasurer; C.J.Bell x 



— of the Auditing Committee xii, xxiv 



Rhinantiius erista-galli, Occurrence of... 79 

 Richthofen, F. F., Baron von, cited on 



origin of loess 176 



Rivers of Alaska 131 



Robinson, Lieutenant L. L., Record of 



drowning of viii 



Rock species, Definition of 68 



Rocks (Notes on some eruptive) from 



Alaska; G.H.Williams 63 



Rohlfs, G., cited on deserts 171 



Rohebach, , cited on crystalline 



rocks 73 



Romanzoffia sifc/je?i.sis. Occurrence of..... 79 



Rome, Supremacy of. 2 



Rosenbusch, Heinrich, cited on crystal- 

 line rocks 71 



Rowlee, W. W. ; List of plants collected 



near Muir glacier 79 



Rubus arcticus. Occurrence of 79 



— pedatus. Occurrence of 79 



Russell glacier, Description of 135 



— , Naming of 152 



Russell, I. C, cited on Alaskan geology.. 142 



glaciers 153 



nomenclature 133 



glaciation in Alaska 157, loS 



