OcTOBER 6, 1899. ] 
Further, serious responsibility may also 
arise on the points referred to in the above 
statement of the representatives of the 
Royal Society. 
Again, if the subscriptions are paid at the 
end and not at the beginning of the first 
year, it will be necessary to borrow funds, 
the interest on which will be a charge on 
the undertaking. 
Again, if some countries refuse to form 
Regional Bureaux or to join in the enter- 
prise, their literature will have to be dealt 
with by the Central Bureau. The cost of 
this cannot be estimated until it is definitely 
known whether the International Catalogue 
will be universally supported. 
It was agreed that in reporting to the va- 
rious governments and bodies concerned, 
special stress should be laid on the impor- 
tance of organizing Regional Bureaux with- 
out delay. 
The English delegates were requested : 
(1) To have the schedules approved by 
this Committee reprinted and issued as soon 
as possible. 
(2) To prepare an amended estimate of 
the cost of the Catalogue. 
(3) To issue a complete programme based 
on the proceedings of the two Conferences 
and of this Committee. 
(4) To fully inform all countries whose 
cooperation is desired. 
It was agreed to recommend : 
(1) Thatan International Conference, to 
arrive at a final decision on all matters 
concerning the Catalogue, be held at Easter- 
tide, 1900. 
(2) That the delegates attending this 
Conference should be charged with full 
powers to determine both financial and 
other questions. 
(3) That those chosen to act on the In- 
ternational Council should be delegates to 
this Conference. 
It was agreed— 
“That the members of the Committee be 
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requested to endeavor to obtain from their 
respective Governments authority to place 
themselves in direct communication with 
the Royal Society, as the official channel of 
communication for all further provisional 
correspondence on the subject of the Cata- 
” 
logue. Henry E. Armstrone. 
M. Foster. 
F. Kern. 
Tu. P. Koppen. 
II. Porncarh. 
ArtTHUR W. RUCKER. 
B. ScHWALBE. 
E. WEIss. 
AvausT 5, 1899. 
SECTION E.—GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
Tue address of the Chairman, Mr. J. F. 
Whiteaves on ‘The Devonian System in 
Canada’ has already been printed in 
Science. The papers presented were as 
follows : 
‘The Geology of Columbus and Vicinity,’ 
Edward Orton, Columbus, Ohio. 
An informal presentation of the facts in 
connection with the geology of Columbus 
and vicinity, designed to suggest points, of 
special interest to the visiting geologists. 
One matter to which particular attention 
was called was the occurrence of bowlders of 
native copper, derived from the Keewenaw 
copper region. Blocks of Marquette iron 
ore have also been sparingly found. 
‘Glacial phenomena of Central Ohio,’ 
Frank Leverett, Denmark, Ohio. 
A general description of the glacial and 
interglacial formations of Central Ohio, de- 
signed, in part, to cover the region in the 
vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio, to which an 
excursion was subsequently made. 
The formations recognized in the descrip- 
tion are : 
1. The Illinoisan drift; 2. A soil and 
weathered zone (Sangamon) formed on 
