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Capes of the Chesapeake and San Juan, 

 Porto Rico. These observations were 

 made under the direction of Prof. L. A. 

 Bauer, Chief of the Magnetic Division 

 of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



Mr William Ziegfler authorizes this Mag- 

 azine to announce that he intends to send 

 forth another north polar expedition this 

 summer. The party will go north on 

 the America. The personnel of the ex- 

 pedition is not yet complete so that a 

 list of the members cannot now be given. 



Two maps of Guatemala, each on the 

 scale of 12.5 miles to one inch, have re- 

 cently been published by the Bureau of 

 American Republics. In addition to 

 names of towns, volcanoes, railways, 

 telegraph stations, etc., one map shows 

 the approximate location of minerals in 

 Guatemala, and the other the general 

 elevation and the agricultural features 

 of the country. 



The Carnegie Institution has made a 

 grant of $5,000 for the purposes of ex- 

 ploration; also a grant of $12,000 for 

 geologic exploration. 



The report of the Brown-Howard Ex- 

 pedition to Labrador in 1900, by Prof. 

 E. B. Delabarre, has been published by 

 the Geographical Society of Philadel- 

 phia. It forms a handsome volume of 

 212 pages. 



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Vol. I, nos. 2 and 4 and index. 

 Vol. II, no. 2. 



Vol. IV, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7. 

 Vol. X, no. 6 and index. 

 Vol. XIII, no. 1. 



DECISIONS OF THE U. S. BOARD ON- 

 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 



December 3, 1902 



Arabella; island (Canadian) in the St Law- 

 rence River, near Clayton, Jefferson County, 

 New York (not Ambella nor Amelia). 



Behestian ; township, Ouachita County, Ar- 

 kansas (not Behrstian). 



Brakel ; creek, Chenango and Cortland Coun- 

 ties, New York (not Brackel nor Braket). 



Canadarago ; lake, Otsego County, New York 

 (not Schuyler). 



Cape Rosier ; post-office, Hancock County, 

 Maine (not Cape Rozier). 



Catatonk ; creek, post-office, and railroad sta- 

 tion, Tioga County, New York (not Cata- 

 tunk). 



Channahatchee ; creek, Elmore County, Ala- 

 bama (not Cedar). 



Diddell ; post-office and railroad station, 

 Dutchess County, New York (not Didell). 



Freeo ; bayou, Douglas and Ouachita Counties, 

 and township, Ouachita County, Arkansas 

 , (not Frio) . 



Grenell ; island in St Lawrence River, and 

 post-office, Jefferson County, New York 

 (not Grennell, Grinnell, nor Stuart). 



Heart ; island in St Lawrence River, Jefferson 

 County, New York (not Hart nor Hem- 

 lock). 



Ionia ; post-office, railroad station, and village, 

 Ontario County, New York (not Millers 

 Corners]. 



Lake of the Isles ; lake on Wellesley Island, 

 St Lawrence River, Jefferson County, 

 New York (not Waterloo). 



Leek; island (Canadian), St Lawrence River, 

 near Grindstone Island, Jefferson County,. 

 New York (not Leak nor Leaks). 



Little Tobehanna ; creek, Schuyler County, 

 New York (not Little Tobyhanna). 



Lounsberry ; locality, post-office, and railroad- 

 station, Tioga County, New York (not 

 Canfields Corners). 



McGraw ; post-office, railroad station, and vil- 

 lage, Cortland County, New York (not 

 McGrawville). 



Millen ; bay, St Lawrence River, Jefferson 

 Count}', New York (not Mellen nor Mil- 

 lens). 



Mud ; lake, Jefferson County, New York (not 

 Edmund nor Edmonds). 



Nowadaga ; creek, Herkimer County, New 

 York (not Indian Castle nor Nouadaga). 



Ocquionis ; creek, Otsego and Herkimer Coun- 

 ties, New York (not Fish). 



Osburn ; post-office and railroad station, Sho- 

 shone County, Idaho (not Osborne). 



Petri ; post-office and railroad station, Han- 

 cook County, Kentucky (not Petrie nor 

 Petri Station). 



