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Title: Scottish geographical magazine
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Scottish Geographical Society Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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esent at his meeting, in Glasgow 2072, in Dundee 1573, and in Aber-deen 750. But apart from the somcAvhat exceptional circumstances ofthis meeting, the attendance at all the lectures was very gi-atifying.Thus at Edinl)urgh at no single meeting did the attendance drop below1100, and the average attendance was 1700. At Dundee, where in spiteof the compaiatively small membership the lectures are always wellattended, the average attendance was over 900, showing that theaddresses are found valuable by a large public. At Glasgow and Aber-deen also good audiences were obtained throughout, a striking featurebeing the absence of a falling ofi as the session progressed, which provesthat a lecture arranged hy the Society at any of its centres is sure ofan auditory, and this whether it deals with the results of new explora-tions, or with the scientific treatment of already known facts. GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 265 Asia.The Treaty between Great Britain and Siam.—The accom- ANGLO-SIAMESE TREATY, 1909.
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EiTt-lciuw, Ediii panying map illustrates the changes which have resulted from the 266 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. Anglo-Siamese Treaty, signed on March 10 of the present year.According to the terms of this treaty, the three states of Kelantan,Trengganu, and Kedah pass into British control, the three having anarea which is roughly estimated at nearly 14,000 sq. miles. Provisionis also made in the treaty, according to the Tinted, for the extension ofthe Pahang railway (see map) along the east coast so as to open up richdistricts now only accessible from l)ad harbours, and ultimately to form aconnection with the Siamese system. Australasia. Activity of Ngauruhoe.—This New Zealand volcano, after havingbeen quiescent for a year, Ijegan to show signs of activity early inMarch. The eruption of the volcano was signalled hj the quivering of theearth in the neighbourhood of the mountain, and this was followed byloud reports like the noise of artiller3\ Then steam began to issue in ahuge

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