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Dr. Hunt, on invitation, described the history of geologi- 

 cal opinion respecting the gneisses, green rocks and other 

 metamorphic strata of the Alps, with the recent accordance 

 of the views of Gastaldi and Favre, as opposed to those of 

 Lory and others, with j)i'eviously published views of his 

 own, after he had recognized the Laurentian, lluronian and 

 Montalban systems in the massif of Mont Blanc. 



Pending nominations ISTos. 804, 805, 806, and 807 were 

 read. 



On motion the use of the Hall was granted to the Com- 

 missioners of the Geological Survey for their meeting on 

 the 19th inst. 



On motion of Mr. Pearse it was resolved. That the Board 

 of Commissioners be requested to recommend to the Gov- 

 ernor of Pennsylvania the propriety of taking such meas- 

 ures as may be necessary for preserving the collections of 

 the Geological Survey in the same place in which the col- 

 lections presented by the Commissioners of foreign govern- 

 ments may be arranged. \ 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, October 1th, 1876. 



Present, 10 members. 



Secretary, Br. Le Conte, in the Chair. 



Dr. Moor, a newly elected member, was introduced to the 

 presiding officer and took his seat. 



A letter of acknowledgment was received from the Ob- 

 servatory at Prague, dated Sept. 4 (XV, ii, 93, 94), from the R. 

 Geological Society of Ireland, Sept. 16th (XIV Proc), and 

 from various correspondents by postal cards (97). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Society at Mar- 

 burg, April 1876 ; — the French Ministry of Public Works, 

 Sept. 1876, desiring a return donation of some books on civil 

 engineering or technology for the library of the Ecole des Ponts 



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