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as to the formation of petroleiim, inasmuch as 

 there was no observational basis for this theory. 

 Inorganic materials, as far as we know, do not 

 exist in combined form on the earth's crust. 

 They may exist in combined form, but we 

 know of no instance Mr. Gilbert also alluded 

 to the growing custom of using oil for laying 

 dust in road-beds of railways and in the streets 

 in southern California. 



The President referred to some oil fields in 

 California which were beneath the surface of 

 the water. The wells are drilled some distance 

 from the shore. Dr. Bell also alluded to a 

 neighbor of his in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 

 who drilled an artesian well and obtained a 

 small quantity of refined oil ! At one time 

 there was great excitement in Nova Scotia 

 over the supposed existence of much petroleum 

 there, but it turned out that there was no oil 

 at all, except in some rare instances. 



Lectures : 



March 12.— s-Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. Afternoon course. 



Prof. E. F. Fenollosa, of the University of 

 Tokio, gave an illustrated address on " Prob- 

 lems of the Pacific — Japan," which will be 

 published later. 



March 14. — President Graham Bell in the 

 chair. 



Dr. Charles H. Townsend, U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, gave an illustrated address on " Ocean 

 Bottoms." 



March 19. — President Graham Bell in the 

 chair Afternoon course. 



Mr. Henry Demarest Lloyd gave an address 

 on " Problems of the Pacific — New Zealand," 

 which will be published later. 



ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Annual Excursion ; 



The Annual Excursion of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society will this )'ear be to Gettysburg, 

 Pennsylvania, on Saturda}', May 17. By special 

 arrangeir ?v.t with the Pennsylvania Railroad, 

 the rouud trip ticket from Washington to 

 Gettysburg will cost $2.25, provided 200 mem- 

 bers and friends join the excursion. (The 

 price of the regular round trip ticket is $5.60. ) 

 Luncheon persons may carry with them or 

 buy at Gettysburg for a moderate sum. The 

 Committee on the Annual Excursion, consist- 

 ing of Col. Henry F. Blount, Mr. F. V. Coville, 

 and Mr. Raymond A. Pearson, request that all 

 members who intend to take part in the excur- 

 sion, or who have friends desiring to join the 

 party, should send their names, with the num- 

 ber of tickets they desire, to the Secretary of 



the Society as soon as possible. To secure the 

 special train and the special fare, the Society 

 must guarantee 200 tickets. Other details of 

 the excursion, such as the time of departure 

 of the train, etc., will be announced later. An 

 interesting programme of addresses, to be given 

 on the field of Gettysburg, is now being ar- 

 ranged by the Committee. It is earnestly hoped 

 that many members of the Society resident 

 outside of "Washington may find it possible to 

 join the excursion at either Gettysburg or 

 Washington. 



Meetings of the Society : 



April 4. — Work of the Bureau of Forestry : 



Development, Organization, and Policy 

 of the Bureau of Forestry, Gifford Pinchot. 



Division of Forest Management ; Forest 

 Working Plans ; Scope of Work, O. W. 

 Price. 



The Arkansas Tract ; A Specific Work- 

 ing Plan ; Problems Involved, F. E. Olm- 

 sted. 



Division of Forest Investigation ; Scope 

 of Work ; Notable Investigations, Geo. B. 

 Sudworth. 



Section of Tree Planting ; Scope of 

 Work ; Tree Planting, Wm. L. Hall. 



April 18. — Results of recent Hydrographic 

 Surveys : 



Introductory Remarks, F. H. Newell. 

 Work in Arizona, Arthur P. Davis. 

 Work in Colorado, C H. Fitch. 

 Work in Montana, Cyrus C. Babb. 



Lectures : 



April 2.* — "Problems of the Pacific — The 

 Commerce of the Great Ocean." Hon. O. P. 

 Austin. 



April 9.*—" Problems of the Pacific— The 

 Great Ocean in World Growth." Vice-Presi- 

 dent McGee, LL. D. 



April 11. — " Explorations in Antarctica." 

 C. E. Borchgrevink. 



April 25. — " Our Northern Rockies." Rob- 

 ert H. Chapman. 



President Graham Bell has appointed the 

 following committees of the Society : 



Technical Meetings. — Richard U. Goode, 

 G. W. Littlehales, Isaac Winston. 



Annual Excursion. — Henr3'F. Blount, F.V. 

 Coville, Raymond A. Pearson. 



♦Columbia Theater, 4.20 p. m. 



