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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XII, No. 2 [‎253v] (9/154)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in Aug 1898. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
PATRON.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
VICE-PATRON.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., etc., etc.
Honorary Presidents.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA, K.G., K.T., G.C.S.I., etc., etc.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G.
COUNCIL.
(ELECTED MAY 23, 1898.)
President.—Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Vice-Pre sidents.
Hon. George C. Brodrick.
Right. Hon. Sir George D. Taubman Goldie,
K.C.M.G.
Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock, K.C.B.,
D.C.L., F.R.S.
General Sir R. Strachey, R.E., G.C.S.I.,
F R S
Admiral SirW. J. L. Wharton K.C.B., F.R.S.
General Sir Chas. W. Wilson, R.E., K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G.
Treasurer —Edward L. Somers Cocks.
Trustees—Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., M.P. ; Cctiibert E. Peek, F.S.A.
Honorary Secretaries—Major Leonard Darwin, R.E.; James F. Hughes.
Foreign Secretary—Sir John Kirk. K.C.B.. G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). . F.R.S.
Members
Lord Belhaven and Stexton.
W. T. Blanford, LL.D., F.R.S.
Colonel George Earl Church.
Clinton T. Dent.
Colonel Sir William Everett, K.C.M.G.
Colonel J. Farquharson, C.B., R.E.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich,
R.E., K.C.I.E., C.B.
Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, G.C.B.
St. George R. Littledale.
Right Hon. Lord Loch, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade). , etc.
of Council.
Alfred P. Maudslay.
General Sir H. W. Norman, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
; Surg.-Major Sir George S. Robertson, K.C.S.I.
j George S. Mackenzie, C.B.
P. L. SCLATER, F.R.S.
! Frederick Courtney Selous.
Herbert Warington Smyth.
! Lord Stanmore, G.C.M.G. [Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
Colonel Sir Henry R. Thutllier, R.E., K.C.I.E.
Admiral the Hon. W. J. Ward.
Colonel Charles Moore Watson, R.E., C.M.G.
Secretary and Editor of Publications—J. Scott Keltie, LL.D.
Librarian—H. R. Mill, D.Sc.
Map Curator. | Chief Clerk.
John Coles, F.R.A.S. | s. J. Evis.
Bankers—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing Cross.
Candidates for admission into the Society must be proposed and seconded by Fellows,
and it is necessary that the description and residence of such Candidates should be clearly
stated on their Certificates. J
It is provided by Chapter IV., § 1, of the Regulations, that—
“ £35, or at any subsequent period on the Sing“Sf- 6 ent,aUCe by one P aymeilt of
Fellows ol 20 years’ standing and over ... tii r ]2 IQs
” *3 „ „ and under 20 ... £p)
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‘And no Fellow shall he entitled to vote or to enjoy anv other nriviWp of iLo « • + i
“he shall continue in amar.” J J y privilege of the Society so long as
All Subscriptions are payable in advance, on the 1st of January in each year
Ibe pn\ileges of a 1 ellow include admission (with one Friond) a •
Meetings of the Society, and the nse of the Library and 5Ian”room EalhV T
entitled to receive a copy of all the Society’s Periodical I'ublieatbns ' “ 8 '
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Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 252, and the entire contents are listed on folio 253. The contents of the journal are as follows.

Articles:

  • 'On the Annual Range of Temperature in the Surface Waters of the Ocean, and its Relation to Other Oceanographical Phenomena' by Sir John Murray (ff 260-272)
  • 'An Exploration in 1897 of Some of the Glaciers of Spitsbergen' by Sir William Martin Conway (ff 272-278 and ff 281-284)
  • 'Mr Frazer's Pausanias' by Reverend Henry Fanshawe Tozer (ff 284-286)
  • 'Proposal for an Expedition to Sannikoff Land' by Baron Eduard von Toll (ff 286-291)
  • 'Russian Navigators in the Arctic Ocean in 1895-96' by Colonel J Shokalsky (ff 291-293)
  • 'United States Daily Atmospheric Survey' by Willis L Moore (ff 293-295)
  • ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Notes' by Captain Arthur William Stiffe (ff 295-296).

Other items:

  • Pamphlet on a forthcoming work entitled 'Northwards over the Great Ice' by Robert E Peary (ff 279-280)
  • Areas of North America and Australian River-basins (ff 296-297)
  • The Glaciers of Russia in 1896 (ff 297-298)
  • The Monthly Record (ff 298-303)
  • Obituary (ff 303-306)
  • Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1897-98 (f 306)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 306-316)
  • New Maps (ff 316-318).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

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1 volume (72 folios)
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English in Latin script
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