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Census, corner of First and B streets 

 northwest. 



Coast and Geodetic Survey, New 

 Jersey avenue southeast near B street. 



National Museum, Mall, near Seventh 

 street. 



Smithsonian Institution, Mall, near 

 Seventh street. 



Observatory, on Georgetown Heights, 

 north of Georgetown. 



Hydrographic Office, Navy Depart- 

 ment. 



Signal Service, War Department. 



Bureau of Engineers, War Depart- 

 ment. 



Information Division, War Depart- 

 ment, Lemon Building. 



Bureau of Insular Affairs, War De- 

 partment. 



Isthmian Canal Commission, Eleventh 

 street and Pennsylvania avenue. 



Navy Yard (gun factory), foot of 

 Eighth street southeast. 



Bureau of Forestry, Atlantic Build- 

 ing, 920 F street. 



Fish Commission, corner of Sixth 

 and B streets southwest. 



Zoological Park, Connecticut avenue 

 extended. 



Botanic Gardens, First street and 

 Pennsylvania avenue. 



Bureau of Standards, New Jersey 

 avenue southeast. 



Army Medical Museum, Mall, near 

 Seventh street. - 



Bureau of American Republics, corner 

 of Jackson place and Pennsylvania 

 avenue. 



Carnegie Institution, Bond Building, 

 corner of New York avenue and Four- 

 teenth street. 



Bureau of Education, cornerof Eighth 

 and G streets northwest. 



Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Adams Building, 1333 F street. 



Places of General Interest 



Capitol. 



Library of Congress. 



White House. 



Washington Monument. 



Bureau of Engraving and Printing. 



Government Printing Office. 



On account of the limited time given 

 for sightseeing in Washington provision 

 has been made for those who desire to 

 stop off on the return from the western 

 excursion to see the places of interest in 

 the city. 



SHORT EXCURSIONS 



Some of the most interesting short 

 trips from the city, none consuming 

 more than a few hours, are!the folio wing: 



Mount Vernon, with the home and 

 tomb of Washington, may be reached 

 by steamer from the Seventh Street 

 wharf, leaving at 10 a. m. and 1.45 

 p. m. and returning by 1.40 or 5.15 

 p. m., or by trolley cars, leaving Penn- 

 sylvania avenue and Thirteenth-and-a- 

 half street every hour. The round trip, 

 including admission to Mount Vernon, 

 costs 75 cents. 



Arlington National Cemetery can be 

 reached by trolley line from Thirteenth- 

 and-a-half street ; or by the Georgetown 

 car on Pennsylvania Avenue, across the 

 Aqudeuct bridge, and by trolley from 

 Roslyn. 



The Soldiers' Home, a park 3 miles 

 north of the Capitol, is reached by the 

 Seventh or Ninth Street cars. 



The National Zoological Park is 

 reached by the Connecticut Avenue and 

 Seventh Street lines. 



Cabin John Bridge, one of the largest 

 single spans of masonry in the world, 

 220 feet long and 100 feet above Cabin 

 John Run, is reached by the F Street 

 line, with connection at Georgetown. 



POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS 



All mail should be addressed care of 

 the Eighth International Geographic 

 Congress, Ebbitt House, Washington, 

 D. C. Members can obtain their mail 

 between 8 a. m. and 7 p. m. by apply- 

 ing at the registration office at head- 

 quarters. 



