y70 OEOLOGISCHE NKUIGKKITKX. 



W. A. Parks, B. a.. Ph. D.. Depiirtmeiit of Geoloiíy. University of 

 Toronto, Toronto. 



J. B. Tyrrell. M. A.. F. E. S. ('.. 534 Confederatiou Life Building, 

 Toronto. 



Secretary ; W. Stanley Leckv, A. E. S. M.. Victoria Rrcinorial Museiim, 

 Ottawa. 



Pro g r a m m e. 



It is proi)osi'd to hold tlie meeting of the Congress in Toronto, begin- 

 ning on or about the twenty-first day of Aiigust. Tlie Congrcss will continue 

 in session for eight days. 



Top les for D i s e u s s i n. The follo.ving topics have been seleeted 

 by the E.\ecutive Committee as the priucipal subjeets for discussion : 1. The 

 coal resources of the world. '2. Dififerentiatiou in igneoiis magmás. 3. The 

 influence of depth on the character of metalliferous deposits. 4. The origin 

 and extont of the jjre-Cambrian sedimeutaries. 5. The sub-divisions. eorrelation 

 and terminology of the pre-Cambrian. 6. To what extent was the Ice Age 

 broken by interglacial periods ? 7. The physical and fannal characteristics of 

 the Palíeozoic seas with referenee to tlie value of the recurreuce of seas in 

 establishing geologic systems. 



The Coal E e s o n r c e .s o f the World. The executive Committee 

 of the Eleventh Congi-ess, held in Sweden, compiled and published a compre- 

 hensive report on the Irón Ore Eesources of the World. The present Execu- 

 tive has undertaken the preparation of a similar monogi-aph on the Coal 

 Eesources of the World. In order to make tlie work as complete as possible 

 the cooperation of all the principal countries of the world has been invited. 

 This invitation lias met ^vith a eordial response, and it is hoped the volumes 

 uill be ready for distributiou before the meeting so that they may constitute 

 a hasis for discussion at the Congress. 



E X e 11 r s i o n s. 



Arrangements have been made for a series of exc-ursions whie.h will 

 enable tlie merabers of the Congress to gain a knowledge of the geology and 

 physiography as well as tlie mineral and other nat\iral resources of all tlie 

 more accessible portions of the Dominion of Canada. These excursions will 

 take place before. diiring and afU'r the meeting of the Congress. Members will 

 be given the opport\inity of partieipating in one or more of the longer in 

 addition to several of the shorter excursions. 



A) Excursions Befő r e t ii e M i' c t i n g. 

 Aí. íMaritime Provinces» (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) Time 



10 days. 



This excursion provides for a visit to the maritime provinces of the 

 Atlantic Coast. Somé of the chief points of geological interest in this part of 



