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F. M. Chapman : The Distribution of Life in Colombia. 

 Thomas Barbour: Zoological Collecting in Cuba, in Special Reference to 

 the Origin and Relationships of the Fauna of the Island. 



2 p. M, 



Wilfred H. Osgood: Crossing the Peruvian Andes. 



T. Wayland Vaughan : The Corals and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico 



and the Caribbean Sea. 

 H. S. Washington: The Distribution of Igneous Rocks in South America. 



The Nineteenth International Congress of Americanists met likewise 

 in Washington at the time of the congress, holding several joint sessions 

 with the first section of the scientific congress and various national 

 societies of pertinent investigating interests like the American Folk-I^ore 

 Society, American Anthropological Association, Archaeological Institute 

 of America, etc. The program of these joint sessions, forming a part of 

 the program of Section I, is given in the report on the Final Act, pages 

 167-181. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 



It is eminently fit that one should mention at this point the American 

 Institute of International Law, the founding of which at the time of the 

 congress was referred to as a Pan American event of international 

 import. 



Dr. James Brown Scott, secretary of the Carnegie Endowment, and 

 Dr. Alejandro Alvarez, of Chile, conceived the idea of founding this 

 institute. They were ably assisted by publicists in the 2 1 Pan American 

 Republics. In conjunction with the American Society of International 

 Law, representatives of similar bodies from the other countries assembled 

 in Washington, December 29, 191 5, formally inaugurated the institute 

 under the honorary presidency of Hon. Elihu Root and the actual 

 presidency of Dr. James Brown Scott. Many distinguished publicists, 

 including the Hon. Secretary of State Robert Lansing, Hon. Robert 

 Bacon, His Excellency the Ambassador from Chile Sr. Eduardo Sudrez 

 Mujica, took part in the proceedings. 



The officers of the institute are as follows: Honorary president, Mr. 

 Elihu Root; president, Mr. James Brown Scott; secretary general, 

 Mr. Alejandro Alvarez, of Chile; treasurer, Mr. Luis Anderson, of 

 Costa Rica. 



The members of the institute representing the United States are: 

 Hon. Robert Lansing; Hon. Robert Bacon; Prof. John Bassett Moore, 

 of Columbia University; Prof. LEO S. RowE, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania; and Mr. James Brown Scott, 



