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The Work of the Bureau of Insular Affairs ; by Col. Clarence R. Edwards, U. S. Army . 239 

 Some Indications of Land in the Vicinity of the North Pole ; by R. A. Harris, U. S. Coast 



and Geodetic Survey 255 



The Red Ant versus the Boll Weevil 262 



Geographic Notes J . , 264 



Sir Henry M. Stanley 264 



Map of the World on the Equivalent Projection 265 



Peary's Plans for His Polar Expedition 265 



Some Recent English Statements about the Antarctic 266 



Search for Baron Toll 266 



A Remarkable Watershed in Pennsylvania 267 



Silk-Worm Culture 267 



First Journey Across Alaska from Skagway to the Arctic Ocean 267 



Frederick A. Walpole 268 



A New Meteorological Observatory 268 



A Map of St. Louis ,. . . . 268 



Geographic Literature . - 269 



" Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language " 269 



" Carpenter's Geographical Reader ; Australia " 270 



' ' Handy World Atlas and Gazetteer " 270 



" The Philippine Islands, 1492-1896," Vol. xn (Blair and Robertson) 270 



" Sir Mois Dans L'Himalaya, Le Karakomin, et L'Hindu-Kush " (J. J. Guillamond) . 270 



" Early Western Travels, 1748-1846," Vol. 11 270 



" Japan Today " (J. A. B. Sherer) 270 



" Handbook of Commercial Geography " (G. C. Chisholm) 271 



"Turkish Life in Town and Country " (L- M. T. Garnett) ■ 271 



"Austro-Hungarian Life in Town and Country " (F. H. E. Palmer) 271 



Articles from May Magazines 272 



Consular Reports 272 



Decisions of U. S. Board on Geographic Names 272 



Governing the Philippine Islands ; by Colonel Clarence R. Edwards, U. S. Army 273 



Forecasting the Weather 285 



Notes on Tibet 292 



The Bullock-Workman Explorations 294 



A New Harbor in Porto Rico ; by J. C. Landers 295 



Geographic Literature 295 



"The Romance of the Colorado River " (F. S. Dellenbaugh) 295 



" Floods of the Spring of 1903 in the Mississippi Watershed " (H. C. Frankenfield) . . 295 



" Geographen Kalendar, 1904-1905 ' ' (Hermann Haack) 296 



' ' The Alaskan Boundary ' ' (George Davidson) 296 



' ' Notes on Panama " 296 



Articles from June Magazines 296 



Eighth International Geographic Congress 297 



(General Announcement) 297 



Headquarters 298 



Program ... 299 



Membership 301 



Societies and Delegates .... 302 



Compte Rendu 303 



Organization 304 



Titles of Papers Offered to the Congress 306 



