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He attended the Second Congress at Bologna, which opened 

 on September 26, 1881, under the presidency of the distin- 

 guished statesman and geologist, Quintino Sella. He partici- 

 pated actively in committee work, and in the discussions, but 

 though he comm unicated no important paper to the Congress, 

 his eminence was so conspicuous that, as already stated, King 

 Humbert conferred on him the order of St. Mauritius and St. 

 Lazarus. 



His health was already beginning to fail. He did not 

 attend the Congress held in Berlin, in 1885, but his name 

 was placed on the Committee for the Unification of Geologi- 

 cal Nomenclature. But he was able to attend and participate 

 actively in the Fourth Congress held in London in September, 

 1888. He communicated a paper in French on " Crystalline 

 "Schists," and took a warm part in the resulting discussion on 

 the crystalline rocks. It was the last occasion on .which he 

 visited Europe, and when the Congress met in Washington 

 in August, 1892, he was too ill to attend. 



Another organization in whose inauguration and subsequent 

 welfare he took a deep interest was the Royal Society of 

 'Canada. It was created in 18*^. and Hunt was the first 

 President of the Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sec- 

 tions, and was President for the years of 188J-5. The bibliog- 

 raphy is evidence of the industry with which he worked for 

 -the Society. 



Two other societies whose meetings he attended with 

 laudable punctuality and to whose publications he con- 

 tributed largely were the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science and the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers. He was active Vice- President of the 

 former in the absence of its President in 1871, and was Presi- 

 dent of the Institute in 1877. The last paper which he con- 

 tributed to its transactions was a very comprehensive, yet 

 concise summary of the geological relations of the iron ores 

 of the United States, presented at the joint meeting of the 

 Iron and Steel Institute (of England) and the American In- 

 stitute of Mining Engineers in 1891. The paper was written 



