Geographic Notes 



ing 1904. The total foreign commerce 

 of Japan for 1904 reached $34,000,000. 



Reclamation of Mesopotamia, No. 

 2186. — Chaldsea, once the richest and 

 most coveted part of the East, but long 

 stagnant and desert, is on the eve of 

 being made fertile again. 



Simplon Tunnel, No. 2 181. —The 

 longest tunnel in the world, 12% miles, 

 is nearly completed. 



Yukon Territory, No. 2179. — The 

 territory produced $93,025,000 during 

 1898-1903, of which $65,046,178 went 

 to the assay offices at Seattle and San 

 Francisco. Of the 12,000 population, 

 7,200 are Americans. 



Cotton Culture in India, No. 2179. — 

 Attempts to grow the long-staple Egyp- 

 tian cotton have been unsuccessful. In- 

 dia, the second cotton-growing country 

 of the world, produces 2,000,000 bales a 

 year as against an average of 10,000,000 

 bales in the United States. 



Railroads in China, No. 2179. — A 

 number of concessions for new railways 

 have been granted. 



Development of Korea's Resources, 

 No. 2178. — Next to the Japanese and 

 Chinese, Americans far outnumber every 

 other nationality in Korea. The Amer- 

 ican electric railway and electric light 

 and telephone systems at Seoul are very 

 successful. 



Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, No. 

 2178. — The plans for this splendid new 

 line are rapidly nearing completion. 



Commerce and Industries of Korea, 

 No. 2176. — 1904 was the most pros- 

 perous year in Korea's history. She 

 has not been troubled by the war, but 

 has received large sums for her laborers 

 and supplies. 



Railroads in Korea, No. 2177. — The 

 Seoul-Fusan line is completed, that from 

 Seoul to the Yalu nearly completed, 

 and the line from Seoul to Gensan pro- 

 gressing. 



Future of Liberia, No. 2172. — The 

 climate is comparatively good, the re- 

 sources awaitingdevelopment many, and 

 the ultimate future reported bright. 



Agricultural and Commercial Condi- 

 tions in Southern Brazil, No. 2 171. — A 

 scarcity of labor is handicapping this sec- 

 tion, which is one of the most progressive 

 and prosperous in South America. 



Russian Crops in 1904, No. 2154. — 

 The Russian crops in 1904 are officially 

 reported as having been considerably 

 larger than the average in recent years. 



Commerce and Industries of Cuba in 

 1904, No. 2149. — Exports from the 

 United States to Cuba in 1904, the first 

 year under the new reciprocity treaty, 

 amounted to $3 2, 000, 000, and were larger 

 than in any earlier year in the history 

 of our trade with that island, and were 

 38.9 per cent in excess of those of 1903. 



The World's Silk Production, No. 

 2130. 



Panama's Commerce, No. 2130. 



WORK OF THE COAST AND GEODETIC 

 SURVEY 



MR O. H. TITTMANN, in his re- 

 port for 1904 as Superintendent 

 of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 

 announces the completion of the deter- 

 mination of the difference of longitude 

 between San Francisco, Cal. ,and Manila, 

 P. I. , thus connecting the longitude cir- 

 cuit around the earth. This work was 

 made practicable by the generous cooper- 

 ation of the officers of the Commercial 

 Pacific Cable Company, who placed their 

 cables and operators at the service of the 

 Survey. Incidentally, during the prog- 

 ress of this work, the longitude of Hono- 

 lulu, Hawaii, of Midway Island, and 

 Guam Island were determined. 



The triangulation along the ninety- 

 eighth meridian was extended toward 

 the north and toward the south from 

 the portion already completed, the total 

 extension amounting to 500 kilometers 

 along the meridian, and the work was 

 in progress at the close of the year. 



The location on the ground and mark- 

 ing of the boundary between Alaska 

 and the British possessions, as laid down 

 by the Alaska Boundary Tribunal, was 

 inaugurated under the direction of the 



