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a decimal division of time and angles, the 
Congress desires to preserve the present divis- 
ion of time and of the circumference into 360°, 
but allows that the adoption of a different sub- 
division of the angle might be studied, and con- 
siders that in certain cases the decimal sub- 
division of the degree of arc presents no ob- 
jection. 
(8) The Congress is of opinion that the Bibii- 
otheca Geographica, published by the Berlin 
Geographical Society, may be accepted as an 
efficient international bibliography of geog- 
raphy. 
(9) The Congress considers the construction 
of statistical population maps to be very desir- 
able, and appoints an international committee 
to draw up ascheme, at the same time express- 
ing the hope that national committees will be 
formed in various countries to promote the 
preparation of such maps. 
(10) The Congress considers the collection of 
data as to the distribution of floating ice to be 
very important, and appeals to the hydro- 
graphic and meteorological institutes of the 
countries whose ships frequent high latitudes 
to induce the masters of vessels to keep a reg- 
ular record of the occurrence of drifting ice. 
The Congress believes that the Danish Meteoro- 
logical Institute in Copenhagen is the best 
adapted as an international centre for collect- 
ing the records. 
(11) The Congress nominates an international 
committee to consider the nomenclature of the 
floor of the ocean, and to produce and publish 
at latest in time for the next Congress a chart 
of the ocean with revised nomenclature. 
(12) The Congress hopes that the names of 
oceanic islands, especially in the%Pacific, will 
be revised with a view to ascertaining and pre- 
serving the native names. Where no native 
names exist or can be ascertained, the names 
given by the discoverers should [befused. The 
arbitrary changing of established names ought 
to be opposed by every means. 
(13) The Congress recognizes the desirability 
of obtaining data for a more exact estimate than 
now exists of countries in which there is no 
means of taking a census, and desires to bring 
the matter to the notice of such Governments 
as have foreign possessions. 
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(14) The Congress expresses sympathy with 
the proposal to equip an expedition in New 
South Wales, with the sole object of endeavor- 
ing to discover remains or traces of the route 
of the Leichhardt expedition, which perished 
in the interior of Australia fifty-two years ago. 
(15) The Congress is favorable to the founda- 
tion of an international seismological society, 
and appoints an international committee for 
the study of earthquakes. 
(16) The Congress believes the production of 
a map of the world on the scale of 1: 1,000,000, 
the sheets bounded by meridians and parallels, 
to be both useful and desirable. The Perma- 
nent Bureau of the Congress is instructed to 
deal with the question, and in the first instance 
to secure the preparation of a projection for the 
map with degree lines on the determined scale. 
(17) The Congress considers the establish- 
ment of an International Cartographical Asso- 
ciation of service, and appoints a committee to 
take preliminary steps. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 
THE family of the late Dr. Daniel Garrison 
Brinton have requested Mr. Stewart Culin, of 
the University of Pennsylvania, to prepare a 
memoir of the distinguished Americanist. Mr. 
Culin is desirous of obtaining copies of Dr. 
Brinton’s letters and other literary materials, 
which may be sent him at the University of 
Pennsylvania. 
PROFESSOR SIMON NEWCOMB has returned to 
Washington from Europe. His last official ser- 
vices while abroad were to represent, together 
with Professors Remsen and Bowditch, the 
National Academy of Sciences at a conference 
held at Wiesbaden, on October 10th and 11th, to 
form an International Association of Academies. 
Str WILLIAM MAcCorMAC, president of the 
Royal College of Surgeons, and one of the 
greatest authorities on gunshot wounds, has 
volunteered his services in South Africa, and 
the British War Office has accepted his offer. 
Mr. ALEX EVERETT FRYE, the geographer, 
has been appointed superintendent of schools 
for Cuba. 
Tue daily newspapers report that Professors 
Lengfeld and Smith and four students have 
