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me NATIONAL 



CEOGRAPHIC 



MAGAZINE 



Vol XVI SEPTEMBER, 1905 No. 9 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Commercial Prize, of the Orient* By Hon. O. P. Austin, Chief 



of the Bureau of Statistics. Illustrated 399 



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 Norway and Sweden 429 



European Populations 432 



Japan and the United States 432 



Our Immigration in J 905 434 



Exports of Manufactures 434 



Statistics of Cities 437 



The Commercial Valuation of Railway Operating Property in 



the United States 438 



The Ziegler Polar Expedition 439 



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