^oL VII 
OCTOBER, 1896 
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No. 10 
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A. W. GRE 
Honojrary Editor : JOHN &TDE 
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McGEE ELIZA ITOSAJilAH SCI^MO^iB 
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CALirORNIA. SEN.^TOR OEO. C. parkins 317 
THE EC5>N0MIC ASPECTS SOIL EROSION. DR N. S. SHALER 328 
THE NANSEN Volar expedition. consul ERNEST A. MAJ^ 
With map. 
ICE-CLIFFS ON THE KOWAK RIVER. 
RECENT HYDROGRAPHIC WORK. 
MISCELLANEA 
LIEUT. J. C, CANTWELL 
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