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On finite surfaces, the class of harmonic functions which are constant on each contour is a finite-dimensional vector space of functions with finite Dirichlet norm. This paper considers the corresponding class of functions on bordered surfaces of class SOg and generalizes some of the properties of harmonic measures on finite surfaces. In particular, for generalized harmonic measures, we investigate the level curves and their orthogonal trajectories. The principal results, Theorems 4.1 and 4.4, state, in a sense made precise, that almost all of the level curves of a generalized harmonic measure are analytic Jordan curves and almost all of their orthogonal trajectories begin and end on the border given in the definition of the surface. These results have application to the level curves of a Green's function via a theorem of Kuramochi. We also consider the question on a parabolic surface as to when a harmonic differential with finite norm and integral periods is a weak limit of period reproducing differentials.

1. Throughout this paper we denote by R an open Riemann surface and by Ro a relatively compact subdomain of R with the relative boundary aRo consisting of a finite number of mutually disjoint closed analytic Jordan curves. The open set R, = R Po can be considered to be a neighborhood of the ideal boundary 3 of R. For the sake of simplicity, we denote by a the common relative boundary aRo = aR and we fix the orientation of a positively with respect to the domain Ro. A harmonic differential a defined on R1 = R1 u a is called a harmonic singularity