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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THEl MONTH.
British Guiana—Gold.
British Guiana. Report of the Council of the Institute of Mines and Forests, on
the Gold and Forest Industries of British Guiana, for the year ending June 30,
1897. Demerara, 1897. Size 13 x 8 , pp. 12.
The output of gold in British Guiana for 1896-97 was 128,333 ounces, showing a
slight increase on the previous year, but still below the average for 1892-9o.
British West Indies. Timehri 11 (1897): 64-72. Burnley.
Tobacco and Cotton Cultivation in the British West India Colonies. By William
H. Burnley.
Central America—Canals. Whiteley.
The Diplomacy of the United States in regard to Central American Canals. By
James Gustavus Whiteley. From the North American Review, September, 1897.
Pp. 364-378.
AUSTRALASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS.
Australasia—Exploration. Deutsche Rundschau G. 19 (1897): 448-455. Greffrath.
Fortschritte der geographischen Forschungen und Reisen im Jahre 1896. I.
Australien und die Siidsee. Yon Henry Gretfrath.
Australia—Discovery. Macdonald.
Trans. R.G.S. Australasia (Victoria) 14 (1897): 20-28.
Notes on “ The Discovery of the Eastern Coast of New Holland ” (Australia), by
Captain Cook. By A. C. Macdonald. With Portrait and Chart.
Ellice Group—Zoology. Hedley,
Australian Museum, Sydney. Memoir III. The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice Group:
its Zoology, Botany, Ethnology, and General Structure, based on collections made
by Mr. Charles Hedley. Part 3. Sydney, 1897. Size 10 x 6 £, pp. 163-226.
Plates. Presented by the Australian Museum.
Fiji—Meteorology. Vaughan.
Fiji. Meteorological Observations taken at Suva during 1896. By J. D. W.
Vaughan. Suva, 1897. Size 13£ x 8 $, pp. 16.
The mean temperature of the year was 79°, that of January, February, March, and
April (summer) each 83°, and of July, August, September, and October (winter),
within a degree of 76°. The absolute minimum was 60° on July 20, the maximum
94° on April 5. Rain fell on 259 days, with a total of 79 inches for the year, February,
October, and December being the wettest months, June and August the driest. The
wind was east on 145 days, and north-east or south-east on 147. There was only one
record of west wind.
New Guinea. Ann. Hydrographic 2b (1897) : 321-323. Krieg.
Hydrographische Beobachtungen wahrend der Rundreise S.M.S. “ Falke,” Kom-
mandant Korv.-Kapt. Krieg, im Schutzgebiet Neu-Guineas und des Bismarck-
Archipels und der Reise von Matupi nach Sydney. Januar-Februar, 1897..
New South Wales. J. and P.R.S. New South Wales 80, 1896 (1897): 214-285. Curran.
On the Occurrence of Precious Stones in New South Wales, and the Deposits in
which they are found. By Rev. J. Milne Curran. With Plates.
POLAR REGIONS.
Antarctic Islands. Tour du Monde 3 (1897): 367-408. Mercie.
Aux Terres de Kerguelen, lies de St.-Paul et d’Amsterdam. Par M. E. Mercie'.
With Map and Illustrations.
A visit to the islands of the Southern ocean by a French man-of-war in 1892-93.
Arctic Geology. Nature 56 (1897): 301-303, 351-352. Gregory.
Some Problems of Arctic Geology. I. The Polar Basin; II. PVmer Arctic
Climates. By Dr. J. W. Gregory. With Sketch-maps.
Arctic—Glaciers. Rabat.
Commission Internationale des Glaciers. Les variations de longueur des Glaciers
dans les Regions Arctiques et Bore'ales. Par M. Charles Rabot. Premiere partie.
Extrait des Archives des Sciences physiques et naturelles, t. iii. pp 163 et 301.
Geneve: H. Georg & Cie., 1897. Size 9i x 6 $, pp. 86 . Presented by the Author.