1 1 8 The National Geographic Magazine 



read in Chinese characters by the enter- 

 prising merchants of China. 



Map Sheets of New York State. Among 

 the latest which have come from the 

 press of the Geological Survey are 

 those of the Clayton and Grindstone 

 quadrangles, which embrace portions 

 of the State along the St Lawrence 

 River in the vicinity of Clayton and the 

 Thousand Islands, and those of the Ti- 

 conderoga and Mettawee quadrangles 

 which cover sections of northeastern 

 New York along the Vermont boundary. 

 The Ticonderoga sheet shows the his- 

 toric region at the northern end of Lake 

 George and the southern end of Lake 

 Champlain and includes the eastern 

 foothills of the Adirondack Mountains 

 and a portion of Addison County, Vt. 

 The Mettawee sheet covers a part of 

 Washington County, N. Y., and the 

 rugged region in western Bennington 

 and Rutland counties, Vt. 



A Map of the Philippines is now on the 



press and will be issued during March 

 by the Military Information Division 

 of the War Department. The map in- 

 cludes the results of practically all ex- 

 plorations and surveys to the close of 

 1902. It is in four sheets, each sheet 

 being 30 x 46 inches, and on the scale 

 of 1:800,000. The size of the entire 

 map is thus 5x7 feet 8 inches. 



The American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory has sent Dr E. O. Hovey to the 

 Lesser Antilles to continue his studies 

 of the volcanic disturbances on Marti- 

 nique and St Vincent. Dr Hovey plans 

 to spend at least two months on the 

 islands. After an examination of the 

 present condition of La Souffriere and 

 Mont Pelee, he will visit in turn each 

 volcanic island in the group, taking 

 photographs of their craters and sol- 

 fataras, and making collections for the 

 Museum. 



The family of S. A. Andree, the Arctic 

 aeronaut, have finally admitted that 

 their last hope of his being still alive is 



gone. Andree' s brother, Capt. Ernst 

 Wilhelm Andree, of the Swedish army, 

 has applied to the courts to declare him 

 dead, in order that he may obtain the 

 small property willed him by the lost 

 explorer. 



Mr E. J. Moura, Secretary of the Geo- 

 graphical Societ5 T of the Pacific, an- 

 nounces that as the Merchants' Ex- 

 change Building will soon be torn down 

 to give space for another structure, the 

 Council of the Society decided to re- 

 move the librar}- and office of the So- 

 ciety to other quarters. The new loca- 

 tion is 419 California street, corner of 

 Leidesdorff street. This is the center 

 of the city's banking and insurance 

 business, and convenient of access to 

 the members, as well as to newspaper 

 men who wish to consult charts of the 

 U. S. Coast Survey, or desire informa- 

 tion upon rivers, harbors, and moun- 

 tain ranges. The latest maps of Alaska 

 and the Philippines will be open to in- 

 spection. Letters and packages for the 

 Society should be addressed to 419 Cali- 

 fornia street, San Francisco, Cal. 



Commander J. F. Moser, L T . S. N., is 

 the author of a report on " The Salmon 

 and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska," the 

 result of exhaustive investigations by 

 the Fish Commission in 1900 and 1901. 

 Man}' illustrations and maps of streams 

 and bays accompany the text, making 

 an exceedingly handsome and useful 

 publication. 



A. B. Alexander is the author of an 

 illustrated bulletin issued by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission describing the boats 

 and fishing methods of the natives of 

 the South Sea Islands. The bulletin con- 

 tains much that is interesting about 

 the inhabitants of these South Pacific 

 islands. 



Commander Robert E. Peary has been 

 elected President of the American Geo- 

 graphical Society of New York, suc- 

 ceeding the Hon. Seth Low who re- 

 signed several months ago. 



