REPORT OF BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
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In order to secure uniformity in so far as possible in the matter of 
transliteration of Chinese place names and in order that the system 
adopted may conform to what is apparently to be the standard in 
American publications, it is recommended that the following rules be 
adopted for observance, viz: 
(1) The spelling generally shall follow the Wade system, but no 
attempt shall be made to modify established foreign local usage, and 
the English form of a name as printed in the Imperial Maritime Cus¬ 
toms Trade Reports shall be conclusive as to local usage. 
(2) The diacritical marks used in the Wade system shall be omitted. 
(3) Names shall be printed as single words. 
(4) Forms sanctioned by long usage in standard publications in the 
English language shall be retained. 
CONCLUSION. 
The Board again respectfully calls attention to the fact that it is 
without means for carrying on its work, save by the courtesy of the 
bureaus, offices, and institutions represented in its membership. It is 
without direct means for printing or distributing its decisions. It is 
without means for meeting the calls that are made upon it for publica¬ 
tions, for information, and for decisions. Its progress has, therefore, 
been slow, and might, indeed, have ceased altogether had not the calls 
made upon it—unceasingly made—attested a real need for some such 
agency or institution. To facilitate its work in the future it has 
adopted the resolutions contained in the letter of transmittal on page 5 
of this report. 
