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GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 
Hakodate at the close of their hunting season, was all about the 
unusual currents, the tide ri])S running like a wall, and the 
unusually high temperature of the water at different places 
along the line of the great trough in which Admiral Belknap 
plumbed Tuscarora deep. 
As all these sealing schooners winter at Victoria, British Co- 
lumbia, it should he easy for those interested in volcanic phe- 
nomena and deep-sea geography to personally gather the state- 
ments and inspect the log hooks of the masters of these vessels. 
The exact position of the floating pumice encountered hy the 
Cnrlotta Cox would at least he an interesting item for future 
dee[)-sea surveyors to note. 
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. 
The foregoing important statement has been received from Miss Scidmore since her 
artlfle on pages 285-289 of this number was printed, as has also the information that 
the great wave was from three to twelve and in places as much as thirty feet in height 
when it broke upon the shores of the Hawaiian islands. The wave also reached the 
California coast, and was five feet in height at Santa Cruz. 
GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 
NORTH AMERICA 
C.\x.\D.\. Alining experts say that the Kootenai district of British Co- 
lumbia promises to be the greatest gold-{)rodncing region in the world. 
The population of Rossland, the principal mining camp of the district, 
has increased during the last year from 300 to 5,000. 
Newfoundland. The recent parliamentary elections in Canada and 
the change of administration they have involved are considered to have 
postponed the entrance of Newfoundland into the Dominion at least live 
years. 
SOUTH AMERICA 
X RGENTiNA. The total number of immigrants who arrived in Argentina 
in 1805 was 61,226, an increase of 6,506 on the preceding year. During 
the first six months of 1896 the number landed was 30,900, of whom 
21,329 were Italians, 6,088 Spaniards, 1,196 French, 407 Austrians, and 
434 Germans. 
EUROPE 
Cyprus. Severe shocks of earthquake were experienced at Larnaka 
and Limasol on June 29-30. 
Russia. Extraordinary activity now prevails in Russian railway enter- 
prises. A railway to the extreme north is expected to revive the ancient 
trade of Archangel and the White sea. 
United Kingdom. The receipts of the Manchester ship canal continue 
to show a large increase on those of last year. 
