THE 



National: 



Geographic 

 Magazine 



Vol. XIII AUGUST, 1902 No 8 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC — THE COMMERCE OF THE 



GREAT OCEAN. BY HON, O. P. AUSTIN .... 303 



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 SHORTENING TIME ACROSS THE CONTINENT. BY HENRY 



HERBERT McCLURE 3*9 



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 FIELDWORK OF THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR SEA- 

 SON 1902 32a 



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 TOPOGRAPHIC WORK OF THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 



SEASON 1902 326 



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GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 3*8 



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 GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE ......... 33° 



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