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South America : Annual Address by the President, GARDINER G.

HUBBARD.

1

Geography of the Land: Annual Report by Vice-President HERBERT

G, Oopen.

31

Geography of the lir: Annual Report by Vice-President A. W.

GREELY.

11

In Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska; by IsraEL (. RÜSSELLL. 5:3

Introduction—The Southern Coast of Alaska.

:55

Part I–Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region. 58

Part II— Narrative of the St. Elias Expedition of 1890. 755

Part III-Sketch of the Geology of the St. Elias Region 167

Part IV-Glaciers of the St. Elias Region

176

Part 1-Height and Position of Mount St. Elias.

189

Appendix A-Official Instructions governing the Expedition. 192

Appendix B-Report on topographic Work; by MARK B.

KERR.

195

Appendix (—Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat bay;

by J. STANLEY-BROWN

196

Appendix 1—Report on fossil Plants; by LESTER F. WIRD.. 199

Index .....

201

The Cartography and Observations of Bering's First Voyage ; by

1. W. GREELY

205

Height and Position of Mount St. Elias; by ISRAEL ('. RUSSELL 231

The Heart of Africa ; by E. ('. HORE

2:38

Report of ('omittee on Exploration in Alaska.

278

Notes-La Carte de France, dite de l'Etat Major, par M. J. ('OLLET. 230

Polar Regions...

252

The crossing of Tibet.

25:

Statistics of Railways in United States.

253

Index to volume III ....

257

Title-page and Imprimatur of Board of Managers

i

('ontents and Ilustrations....

iii

Publications of the National Geographic Society.

Proceedings of the National Geographic Society.

vii

Officers of the Society for 1892..

xiv

Members of the Society.

XV