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INDEX 



Page 

 Lake Nicaragua, Assumed inconstancy In 



level of 303 



— TiTiCACA, Peru 286 



La Paz, Bolivia, Life in 272 



Latham, E. E., Keference to work of. 2!t 



Latitude, JJetermination of. 67 



Leeoy-Beaumf.u, Paul, cited on French 



colonization ZV^ 



LiGHTxi.NG, Loss of life in the United 



States Ijy 247 



LosoiTUi>E, I'etermination of 71 



LoMAX, E. L., Expedition of, to fo.«sil 



fields of Wyoming 449 



Lowsox, J. A., quoted on bubonic plague 



at Hongkong 107 



Luzon, Gold deposits in 4i;o 



Madagascar, French colonization of. 23.5 



Magki.las, Depth and character of Strait 



of .54 



Magnetic pole, South, Report of location 



of I»i4, 414 



Manila, Importance of location of 2 



— Observatory, The ; Jos6 .Algu6 427 



Manciiukia, Railways, rivers, and stra- 

 tegic towns of 32G 



Marvin, C. F., Inventor of meteorograph. 56 

 Matiguon, Dr., Book on superstitions, 



crime, and misery in China by 413 



Mattheb, G. H., Record of addres.s Vjy 410 



Matthews, Franklin, Review of book by.. 38 

 McGee, \V .J, Book review by .333 



— ; The lessons of Galveston .377 



Mead, Edwin D., Record of address by 416 



— ; The expansion of F^iiglaiid 249 



Medanos of Peru, The 217 



Mebbiam, C. Hart, Reference to work by. 79 

 Merrill, Fullerton : .\ hunting trip to 



northern Greenland 118 



Meteorological chart of tlie Great Lakes. 245 

 Meteorology, Review of book by R. De C. 



Ward on 38 



Mill, Hugh R., Review of book by 2(tO 



Milne, J , Notes of address by 477 



Mindanao, Gold mining in 4ri9 



Minerals in Kore.-i 152 



^Morocco 295 



South Africa 84 



Missionaries in China .304, 3.38 



Samoa 425 



Mississippi River Commission, Work of 



the 245 



MoLLENDo, Water supply of 210 



Montana and Idaho V>oundary line 23 



Montesquieu, cited on colonial expansion. 228 

 Morf.n", F. p.. Work of, on .Argentine 



Limit Commission 49 



Morgan, Edwin V , Record of address by. 415 



— ; The .Samoan Islands 417 



Morocco, Proposed partition of 295 



MuD-voLCAN0E8 in Colorado 348 



MuLHALi., -M. G., cited on Trade of Great 



Britain 480 



Nansen. F., Hydrograpliic work of, in .\rc- 



tic Ocjan'in 1900 374 



Nansen's " farthest north " eclipsed 411 



Natal, Military operations in 190 



— , Settlernent"by the Dutch of 88 



Natick language, K dictionary of the .370 



National Geographic Society, Eclipse ex- 

 pedition of 320 



, Membership of the 125,403 



, Presidential address to the Board 



of Managers of the 401 



Page 

 National Geographic Society, Prizes 



awarded by the 246 



-' , Proceedings of the 415 



, Proposed building for the 406 



— modification of work by 287 



Navigation, Work of Coast and Geodetic 



Survey in aid of 162 



Newcomii, Simon : The Scientific work of 

 the .National Geogra|)hic Society's ex- 

 pedition to >orfolk, Va 321 



Newell, F. H. : Limited water supply of 



the arid region 438 



-•, Record of address by 415 



— ; Reference to work of. 324 



New Jersey, Rate of suVjsidenee in 381 



— , Revised coast charts of 127 



Netherlands, First grain elevator erected 



in 40 



New Siberia Islands, Proposed explora- 

 tion of 79 



New Zealand, Acquisition by England 



of 2.59 



Nicaragua Canal, Geological conditions 



favorable to permanence of IGO 



, Water supply for the 363 



.Work of Isthmian Commission on 



the 161 



Nicaragua Lake, Assumed inconstancy in 



level of 1.56, 363 



Nippun, P'xcavations and discoveries at... 372 

 Noble, Edward, cited on Panama Canal.... Kll 

 Nobth Sea and Baltic Canal, Tonnage of... 14 



NoBWAY, Fishing industry of 480 



Nobthwestehn Boundary Survey, Record 

 of work by '. .". 27 



Oats, Acreage and yield of, in the United 



States 167 



Orange Free State, Military operations 



in the ." 191 



Obegon, Forest area of .371 



Ottavari, E., Work of, iu "weather 



firint;'' 2.37 



C»vERLAXD TO CHINA, Revicw of book by 



k. H. Colquhoun 334 



Pachacamac, Ruins of city of 215 



Pago-Pago, Treaty for iiav:il station at 419 



Panama Canal. Work of Isthmian <'om- 



mission on the 161 



on the 210 



— , Town of 211 



Panay, Gold deposits in 469 



Parsons, W. B. ; Hunan -The closed prov- 

 ince of China 393 



— , Record of address by 415 



Patagonia, Geographic features of south- 

 ern ; J.'B. Hatcher 41 



Peary, R. E., Work of. 79, 164, 296 



Pekin, Besiej;ed legations in 3.54 



— , Organized society of begg;irs in 413 



— , Telegraph connections with 3.38 



Pebtneb, J. M. : Prevention of hailstorms 



h»y cannon firing 239 



Pebu. Desert coast of. 213 



— , Lakes of 221 



— , Medanos of 217 



Philippine Islands and their environ- 

 ment : John Barrett 1 



, Diseases of the 123 



, liold-miiiing in the: F. F. Hilder... 46S 



, Telegraphs and cables in the 247 



, Typhoon warnings in the...; 428 



Pinchot, fiiKKOun, Book reviews by.... 207,369 



