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StfeNATIONAL 



CEOGRAPHIC 

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VoL XV NOVEMBER, J904 No. \\ 



CONTENTS 



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The New English Province of Northern Nigeria. Illustrated . ' 433 



Scientific Work of Mount "Weather Meteorological Research 

 Observatory. By Professor Frank H. Bigelow, U. S«"Weather 

 Bureau ' . . . 442 



Some Facts About Japan 446 



The Glaciers of Alaska 449 



Government Assistance in Handling Forest Lands 450 



Problems of the Far East 452 



Land of Earthquakes 452 



Geographic Notes 453 



Geographic Literature 456 



Geographic Congress Abstracts 460 



National Geographic Society 46f 



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