Geographic Notes 



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Treasurer — Mr Robert Garrett. 



Secretary — Dr George B. Shattuck. 



Board of Trustees — President, Daniel 

 C. Gilman; Mr Chas. J. Bonaparte, Mr 

 Waldo Newcomer, President Ira Reni- 

 sen of the Johns Hopkins, Gen. Lawra- 

 son Riggs, Mr Bernard N. Baker, Dr 

 Fabian Franklin, Mr R. Brent Keyser, 

 President L. F. Loree of the Baltimore 

 and Ohio Railroad Company, Mr Eu- 

 gene Levering, Mr George R. Gaither, 

 Prof. William B. Clark, Mr Blanchard 

 Randall, Dr Harry Fielding Reid, Su- 

 perintendent of Public Schools James 

 H. Van Sickle, Mr Robert Garrett, Mr 

 C. Morton Stewart, Dr Bernard C. 

 Steiner; Mr Gilbert Fraser, British 

 Consul; Mr George A. Von Lingen, 

 German Consul; Mr Antonio C. de Ma- 

 galhaes, Brazilian Consul; Mr J. R. 

 Foard, Mr Robert Ramsay, Dr George 

 B. Shattuck, Mr George Cator, Mr 

 John E. Hurst, Mr William H. Perot, 

 Dr John F. Goucher, Mr Charles K. 

 Lord, and Dr R. W. Woods. 



DECISIONS OF THE U. S. BOARD ON 

 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 



October 1, 1902 



Blackmail ; stream flowing from Chemo Pond, 

 Fenobscot County, Maine I not Chemo nor' 

 Nichols). 



Calabasas ; arroyo, peak , post-office, and town- 

 ship, Los Angeles County, California (not 

 Calabazas nor Calabaces). 



Chaparral ; gulch, post-office, and railroad sta- 

 tion, Yavapai County, Arizona (not Chap- 

 aral ) . 



Chemo ; pond, Penobscot County, Maine (not 

 Nichols). 



Chestatee ; militia district (Lumpkin County), 

 and river, Georgia I not Chostatee nor 

 Chosteta). 



Chocowinity; bay, creek, post-office, and town- 

 ship, Beaufort County, North Carolina (not 

 Chockowinity ) 



Conetoe ; creek in Edgecombe and Pitt Coun- 

 ties, post-office, railroad station, and two 

 townships (Upper and Lower) in Edge- 

 combe County, New York (not Coneeto, 

 Coneto, Congeto, nor Keneighton ). 



Conoho ; creek, post-office, railroad station, 

 and village, Martin County, North Caro- 

 lina (not Coniho nor Goose Nest), 



Elkahatchee ; creek in Coosa and Tallapoosa 

 Counties, Alabama (not Elkehatchee nor 

 Elkhatchee). 



Indian Guyan ; creek in Gallia and Lawrence 

 Counties, Ohio (not Guyandotte nor Indian 

 Guy andotte ) . 



Lattintown ; post-office in Marlboro, Ulster 

 County, New York (not Lattingtown nor 

 Lalintown ). 



Malibu ; creek, land grant, and point, Los 

 Angeles County, California (not Malaga, 

 Malibo, Topanga Maliba Sequit, nor To- 

 panga Malibu Sequit). 



Padelford ; creek, post-office, railroad station, 

 and village in Canandaigua township, On- 

 tario County, New York (not Paddlefords). 



Powells ; post-office and railroad station, Marion 

 County, West Virginia (not Powell) 



Roquist ; creek and pocoson (swamp), Bertie 

 County, North Carolina (not Rocquist, 

 Roquest, Roquewhist, nor Rakwis). 



Note — From the Catawba word " rak- 

 wis," meaning turtle. 



Rosier; cape, Penobscot Bay, Hancock County, 

 Maine (not Rozier). 



Siquis ; arroyo or creek, Los Angeles County, 

 California (not Isique, Sequit, nor Siquit). 



Soque ; post - office and river, Habersham 

 Count}', Georgia (not Sookee nor Soquee). 



Stevenston ; post-office and railroad station, 

 Warrick County, Indiana (not Stepheu- 

 s6n, Stephenston, Stevans, nor Stevens). 

 Named after Judge Stevens. 



Swarte ; hill, Ulster County, New York (not 

 Black, Crosiers, S warts, nor Swartz). 



Symmes ; creek, Gallia and Lawrence Coun- 

 ties, Ohio (not Simms). 



Tesnatee ; creek, gap, militia district, and post- 

 office. White County, Georgia (not Tes- 

 nata nor Tessantee). 



TopangH ; canyon. Los Angeles Count}', Cali- 

 fornia (not Tobanao, Tobanca, nor To- 

 pango) 



Tranters ; creek, forming part of boundaries of 

 Beaufort, Martin, and Pitt Counties, North 

 Carolina (not Trantus). 



Unicoi ; gap and turnpike. White and Towns 

 Counties, Georgia (not Unicoy ). 



Census of the Philippines. — Mr. Henry 

 Gannett is on his way to Manila to as- 

 sume expert statistical charge of the 

 approaching census of the islands. 



Mt. Foraker. — Careful measurement by 

 the Brooks party in Alaska the past 

 season showed that Mt. Foraker, the 

 twin peak of Mt. McKinley, is about 

 17,000 feet high instead of 20,000. 



