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in Vermont, while 42,000,000 eggs were 

 taken from Lake Erie to Michigan. 

 The report comments on the increasing 

 scarcity of lobster eggs along the coast 

 of New England, especially south of 

 Cape Cod. The Commission planted 

 in New England waters during the year 

 202,870,000 cod, 44,000,000 flatfish, and 

 60,000,000 lobsters. 



The Russian Expedition, under Lieu- 

 tenant Kozloff, to explore the sources 

 of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, has 

 returned to Irkutsk in safety, after hav- 

 ing made very important surveys in 

 Western China. 



A Map of the Bisayan Group of the 



Philippine archipelago has just been 

 published b3^ the Military Information 

 Division of the War Department. It is 

 on the scale of eight miles to an inch 

 and shows with much detail the geo- 

 graphic features of Pana}^, Negros, and 

 the other islands of the Bisayan group. 



Clarence King, geologist and geogra- 

 pher, died at Phcenix, Arizona, Decem- 

 ber 26, 1901. In 1863 he crossed the 

 American continent on horseback and 

 joined the California Geological Survey, 

 later discovering and naming mounts 

 Whitney and Tyndall. From 1867 to 

 1872 he commanded the expedition for 

 the geological survey of the 40th paral- 

 lel; and organized and was the first di- 

 rector of United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, i878-'8i. To his palseontological 

 discoveries are largely due the evidence 

 which has determined the generally ac- 

 cepted age of gold-bearing rocks. 



American Progress in Cuba. — Major 

 W. C. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer 

 of Havana, in his last report pre- 

 sents striking evidence of American 

 progress in that city. During the month 

 of September 16,121 houses were in- 

 spected and oiled by the mosquito bri- 

 gade, but only 1.5 per cent were found 

 to have mosquito larva? on the premises. 



When the first inspection was made last 

 March every house had deposits of 

 larvae. For three months in succession 

 there has not been a single case of 3'ellow 

 fever in the city for the first time in 

 its history. The death rate in the city 

 is now 20.47 P er thousand, whereas 

 the minimum death rate during the last 

 nine years of Spanish rule was 28.32 

 and the maximum 100.08 per thousand 

 in 1897. 



The American Museum of Natural 

 History has received preliminar3 T in- 

 formation as to the results of the Jesup 

 North Pacific expedition sent to north- 

 eastern Siberia in the summer of 1900. 

 The object of the expedition, was to 

 study the points of similarity between 

 the people of northeastern Siberia and 

 the natives of Alaska and British Co- 

 lumbia. The museum announces that 

 definite proof has been obtained that the 

 tribes of northeastern Siberia and north- 

 western America in early times had 

 more or less intimate connections, partly 

 inferred from the great similarit}' in 

 their customs and myths. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 



has in preparation a ' ' Ten-year Book on 

 Railwa3 r s in the United States." The 

 volume contains tables showing the 

 mileage, equipment, earnings, capital, 

 accidents, etc. , of the different railroads, 

 and a summary of the statutory pro- 

 visions of the states and of the federal 

 government pertaining to the taxation 

 of railway propert3 r , the administration 

 of railway commissions, etc. , and of the 

 laws that limit, direct, and control the 

 business of transportation by rail. 



The Cape to Cairo Telegraph now 



stretches from Capetown 2,500 miles 

 north, or a few hundred miles less than 

 from New York to San Francisco. The 

 latest; station put up is at Ujiji, on the 

 eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It 

 is a question now of onty a few months 



