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SCIENCE. 



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ence and scientific societies are especially in- 

 vited to subscribe as members in order to re- 

 ceive the publications of the congress as issued. 



Members and delegates desirous of present- 

 ing communications before the congress or 

 wishing to propose subjects for discussion are 

 requested to signify their wishes at the earliest 

 practicable date, in order that the titles or 

 subjects may be incorporated in a preliminary 

 program to be issued in June, 1904. The time 

 required for presenting communications should 

 be stated, otherwise twelve minutes will be 

 allotted. It is anticipated that not more than 

 twenty minutes can be allotted for any com- 

 munication unless the presidency decide to 

 extend the time by reason of the general in- 

 terest or importance of the subject. The 

 presidency with the complete organi;^ation of 

 the congress will be announced in the prelim- 

 inary program of June, 1904. 



All papers or abstracts designed for presen- 

 tation before the congress, and all proposals 

 and applications affecting the congress, will be 

 submitted to a progTam committee, who shall 

 decide whether the same are appropriate for 

 incorporation in the announcements, though 

 the decisions of this committee shall be subject 

 to revision by the presidency after the con- 

 gress convenes. 



Any proposal affecting the organization of 

 the congress or the program for the Washing- 

 ton session must be received in writing not 

 later than May 1, 1904. Communications de- 

 signed to be printed in connection with the 

 congress mxist be received not later than June 

 1, and any abstracts of communications (not 

 exceeding 300 words in length) designed for 

 printing in the general program to be pub- 

 lished at the beginning of the congress must 

 be received not later than August 1, 1904. 

 Daily programs will be issued during the 

 sessions. 



All correspondence relating to the congress 

 and all remittances should be addressed to the 

 Eighth International Geographic Congress, 

 Hubbard Memorial Hall, "Washington, D. C, 

 U. S. A. 



Committee of Arrangements — W J MoGee, 

 National Geographic Society, chairman; Henry 

 G. Bryant, Geographical Society of Philadelphia; 



George B. Shattuck, Geographic Society of Balti- 

 more; A. Lawrence Rotch, Appalachian Mountain 

 Club, Boston; Zonia Baber, Geographic Society 

 of Chicago; George Davidson, Geographical So- 

 ciety of the Pacific, San Francisco; Frederick W. 

 D'Evelyn, Geographical Society of California, San 

 Francisco; John Muir, Sierra Club, San Fran- 

 cisco; Rodney L. Glisan, Mazamas, Portland; 

 Angelo Heilprin, American Alpine Club; Herbert 

 L. Bridgman, Peary Arctic Club; William Morris 

 Davis, Harvard Travellers Club; J. H. McCor- 

 mick, secretary. 



Finance Committee — John Joy Edson, chair- 

 man, president Washington Loan and Trust Com- 

 pany; David T. Day, United States Geological 

 Survey; Charles J. Bell president American Se- 

 curity and Trust Company. 



THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 

 OP ZOOLOGY. 



The Fifth International Congress of Zool- 

 ogy held at Berlin in 1901, selected Switzer- 

 land as the place of meeting for the sixth 

 session, and elected Professor Doctor Th. 

 Studer president. 



The congress will meet at Bern from August 

 14-19, 1904. 



The general committee consists of the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen : 



President — Dr. Th. Studer, professor at the Uni- 

 versity of Bern. 



Vice-Presidents — ^Dr. E. Beraneck, professor at 

 the Academy of Neuchatel; Dr. H. Blanc, pro- 

 fessor at the University of Lausanne; Dr. V. 

 Fatio, Geneve; Dr. L. Kathariner, professor at 

 the University of Fribourg; Dr. A. Lang, professor 

 at tlie University and at the Polytecknicum of 

 Zurich; Dr. E. Yung, professor at the University 

 of Geneva ; Dr. F. Zschold-ce, professor at the Uni- 

 versity of Basle. 



General Secretary of the Standing Committee 

 of International Congresses of Zoology — Dr. R. 

 Blanchard, professor of the Medical Faculty of 

 Paris. 



Secretaries — Dr. M. Bedot, professor at the 

 University of Geneva; Dr. T. Carl, assistant to 

 the Museum of Natural History of Geneva; Dr. 

 W. Volz, assistant to the Zoological Institute of 

 the University of Bern. 



Treasurers— Mr. E. Von Biiren von Salis, banker, 

 Bern, and Mr. A. Pictet, banker, Geneva. 



Committee on Scientific Works — Besides the 

 president and the vice-presidents of >the general 

 committee: President — Dr. H. Strasser, professor 



