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&Ae NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE VoL XVI NOVEMBER, J905 No* it CONTENTS PAGE Geography. By the late Sir William Wharton, formerly Hydrographer of the British Admiralty .... 483 The Birthplace of Civilization. Illustrated .... 499 The Proportion of Children in the United States. Illustrated . 504 The Returns from Alaska. Illustrated 5Z "We Occupy the Best Position on the Map 5J4 Forests Vital to Our Welfare 5*5 Cotton and the Chinese Boycott 516 Immigration to the Southern States 517 Gannett's * Commercial Geography." Illustrated . . . 520 Alleyne Ireland's "The Far Eastern Tropics" .... 525 National Geographic Society 527 Published by the National Geographic Society Hubbard Memorial Hall Washington, D. C. $2.50 a Year 25 Cents a Number Entered at the Poet-Ofliee in Washington, 0. C, as Second-Class Mail Matter