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Mr William Ziegler. Obituary 355 



The Foreign Commerce of Japan 357 



A Tribute to American Topographers ; by A. H. B 358 



" The Negritos of Zambeles " 



Decisions of the U. S. Board on Geographic Names 358 



Geographic Literature ^60 



" Earthquakes " (Clarence Edward Dutton, Major U. S. A.) . 460 



" Thomas Hutchins " (edited by Frederick C. Hicks) 360 



" Geographen Kalendar, 1905-1906 " (Herman Haack) 360 



The Philippines ; by Hon. William H. Taft, the Secretary of War 361 



Forestry Abroad and at Home ; by Gifford Pi>chot, Chief of the Bureau of Forestry. . 375 



The Central Great Plains . . . . , 389 



Deforestation and Climate 397 



The Prosperity of Mexico 398 



Map of the Philippines (23 x 36 inches) Supplement 



Commercial Prize of the Orient ; by Hon. O. P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics 



and Secretary of the National Geographic Society 400 



Maps recently published by the U. S. Geological Survey 423 



Some Notes on the Fox Island Passes, Alaska ; by J. J. Gilbert, U. S. Coast and Geodetic 



Survey 427 



A Comparison of Sweden and Norway 429 



European Population ; by Walter J. Ballard 432 



Japan and the United States 432 



Our Immigration in 1905 43^ 



Note on Map of the Philippines. 434 



Exports of Manufactures 434 



Comparative Statement showing number of Aliens admitted to'the United States in 1905, 435 



Statistics of Cities 437 



The Commercial Valuation of Railway Operating Property in the United States 438 



The Ziegler Polar Expedition 439 



The Highest Dam in the World 440 



Note on Map of Panama Canal 441 



Improvements in the Republic of Panama 441 



Geographic Literature 443 



" The Philippine Islands " (Blair and Robertson) . 443 



"Antarctica" (Otto Nordenskjold and J. C. Anderson) 443 



Some Recent Government Reports 443 



" Long Range Weather Forecasts " (E. B. Garriott) 443 



"Soil Inoculation for Legumes " (George T. Moore) 443 



" Periodic Variation of Rainfall in the Arid Region " (William B. Stockman) ....... 443 



"Seeds and Plants Imported, 1900-1903" (David G. Fairchild) 443 



Map of the Region of the Panama Canal, 24x33 inches Supplement 



The Panama Canal ; by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, U. S. A 445 



Progress on the Panama Canal ; by Gilbert H. Grosvenor 467 



The Great Canals of the World 475 



The Peace of Latin America 479 



Forestry in California 480 



Chinese Labor for Mexico 481 



Polar Exploration 482 



The Population of Japan ; by Walter J. Ballard 482 



