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^NATIONAL 



Vol XV FEBRUARY, 1904 No. 2 



CONTENTS 



PAGB 



The Republic of Panama* By "Wm. H. Bur t, of the Isthmian 



Canal Commission* Illustrated 57 



Eighth International Geographic Congress, "Washington, \ 904 74 



The Philippine "Weather Service 77 



Some Facts about Korea 79 



The Beet Sugar Industry, Illustrated 80 



Geographic Notes. Illustrated . S3 



Sven Hedin's ** Central Asia and Tibet." Illustrated .... 83 



Stutfield's and Collie's "Climbs and Explorations in the 



Canadian Rockies" 84 



Geographic Literature 87 



National Geographic Society 90 



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