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The National Geographic Magazine 



Isthmian Canal Routes. — In view of the 

 prominence of the Isthmian Canal prob- 

 lem, it may not be inappropriate to di- 

 rect attention to the following articles 

 on this subject that have appeared in 

 the National Geographic Magazine 

 during the last several years: 



" The Nicaragua Canal;" abstract of 

 the preliminary report of the Isthmian 

 Canal Commission, January, 1901. 



"The Level of Lake Nicaragua: A 

 Question of Permanency of the Nica- 

 ragua Canal," C. Willard Hayes, April, 

 1 goo. 



"The Water Supply for the Nica- 

 ragua Canal," Arthur P. Davis, Sep- 

 tember, 1900. 



"The Isthmian Routes," Arthur P. 

 Davis, July, 1899. 



' ' Physiography of the Nicaragua 

 Canal Route," C. Willard Hayes, July, 

 1899. 



' ' The Proposed American Inter- 

 oceanic Canal in its Commercial As- 

 pects," Joseph Nimmo, August, 1899. 



' ' The Interoceanic Canal, ' ' Emory 

 R. Johnson, August, 1899. 



"The Panama Canal Route," Rob- 

 ert T. Hill, February, 1896. 



' ' The Tehuantepec Ship Railway, ' ' 

 E. L. Corthell, Februarv, 1S96. 



"The Nicaragua Canal," A. W. 

 Greely, February, 1896. 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



PROCEEDINGS 



Meetings of the Society : 



January 10, 1902, Annual Meeting. — President 

 Graham Bell in the chair. 



The Pr esident gave an address on the 

 " Growth and Prospects of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society," which will be published 

 later in this Magazine. 



The report, 1901, of the Secretary, Prof. A. J. 

 Henry, was submitted, showing the member- 

 ship of the Society, December 31, 1901, as 

 2,661. Of this number 1,592 members are resi- 

 dent outside of Washington, and represent 

 every state and territory of the Union and 

 nearly ever},' nation of the world ; 1,025 are 

 resident in Washington, 32 are life members, 

 and 12 honorary members. 



The report of the Treasurer, Mr. John Joy 

 Edson, was submitted, showing that on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1901, the treasury of the Society had a 

 balance of 12,257. 



January 24. — President Graham Bell in the 

 chair. 



Dr. I/. A. Bauer, of the U. S. Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey, read a paper on ' ' The Magnetic 

 Survey of the United States," and Mr. James 

 Page, of the U. S. Hydrographic Office, a 

 paper on ' ' Ocean Currents. ' ' Both papers 

 will be published later in this Magazine. 



Lectures : 



January 3, 1902. — President Graham Bell in 

 the chair. 



Hon. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State, 

 gave an illustrated address on "The New 



Mexico." The paper was published in the 

 January number of this magazine. 



January 17. — President Graham Bell in the 

 chair. 



Gen. A. W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer of 

 the U. S- Army, gave an illustrated address 

 on "American Progress and Prospects in the 

 Philippines." Further notice of this address 

 will appear later. 



January 31. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Capt. James F. T. Archibald, tha war corre- 

 spondent, gave an illustrated address on ' ' Pres- 

 ent Conditions in South Africa," which will 

 be published later. 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Lectures : 



February 14. — "The Proposed Appalachian 

 Forest Reserve," Hon. James Wilson, Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, and Prof. Joseph A. 

 Holmes, State Geologist of North Carolina. 



February 28. — ' ' Fifty Years of Immigration , ' ' 

 Hon. E- F. McSweeney, Assistant Commis- 

 sioner of Immigration. * 



Meetings of the Society : 



February 7, 1902. — "Some American Work 

 in Cuba," Major W. M. Black, Corps of En- 

 gineers, U. S. Army. 



February 21. — " Notes on the Geography of 

 Alaska," Alfred H. Brooks, U. S. Geological 

 Survey. 



