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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XXII. No. 556. 



EXPOSURE AND CROPS IN SWITZERLAND. 



Numberless examples may be given to show^ 

 the difference of exposure, on southern and 

 northern slopes, upon the vegetation. A re- 

 cent striking illustration is noted in La 

 Geograpliie, No. 3, 1905, and described in the 

 Bulletin of the American Geographical So- 

 ciety for July. Above the hamlet of Findelen, 

 near Zermatt, in the Alps, barley and rye are 

 grown at an altitude of 6,900 feet above sea 

 level, on a sunny southern slope. On the 

 northern slopes, a few hundred yards distant, 

 there is an arctic-alpine flora, with patches 

 of snow lying below the level of the fields of 

 grain on the southern slope. 



E. DeC. Ward. 



ACTA OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVEN- 

 TION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CATA- 

 LOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. 



Opening meeting: Tuesday, July 25, at 11 

 A.M., at the rooms of the Royal Society. 



1. Professor Darboux moved that Professor 

 H. E. Armstrong be the chairman of the con- 

 vention. The motion having been carried 

 unanimously. Professor H. E. Armstrong took 

 the chair and welcomed the delegates. 



2. On motion of the chairman, at the re- 

 quest of the Royal Society, Mr. A. B. Kempe, 

 treasurer of the Royal Society, and Dr. L. 

 Mond, member of the executive committee, 

 were invited to take part in the deliberations 

 of the convention. 



3. On the motion of the chairman it was 

 resolved : That Dr. J. Deniker be the secretary 

 for the French language ; Professor Dr. August 

 von Bohm, secretary for the German language ; 

 Cav. E. Mancini, secretary for the Italian lan- 

 guage, and Dr. H. Forster Morley, secretary 

 for the English language. 



4. On the motion of the chairman, seconded 

 by Dr. Stejneger, it was resolved: That, in 

 view of the success already achieved by the 

 International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 

 ture and of its great importance to scientific 

 workers, it is imperative to continue the publi- 

 cation of the catalogue at least for a further 

 period of five years. 



5. On the motion of the chairman, seconded 



by M. Darboux, it was resolved that Dr. H. 

 Forster Morley be reappointed director of the 

 catalogue at a salary of £500 per annum. 



6. On the motion of the chairman, seconded 

 by Dr. Deniker, it was resolved : That the con- 

 vention authorizes the annual expenditure of 

 a sum not exceeding £2,000 (in addition to the 

 director's salary), for carrying on the work 

 of the Central Bureau. 



Second meeting: Wednesday, July 26, at 10 

 A.M., at the rooms of the Royal Society. 



7. On the motion of M. Darboux it was 

 resolved: That in view of the resolution ar- 

 rived at to continue the catalogue for a further 

 period of five years, the Royal Society of Lon- 

 don be requested: (a) Again to act as the 

 publishing body; (6) to conclude a contract 

 with Messrs. Harrison and Sons to print the 

 catalogue on the terms indicated in the report 

 of the executive committee; (c) to make such 

 provision of Avorking capital as may be desir- 

 able in the opinion of the executive committee. 



8. On the motion of Dr. Larmor it was 

 inianimously resolved : That as it is undesir- 

 able to increase the borrowed capital of the 

 International Catalogue, contracting bodies 

 be informed that in cases where payment in 

 advance is impracticable it is necessary that 

 payment should be made for each volume as 

 soon as possible after delivery. That the 

 director be instructed, in making such special 

 requests for payment as the executive com- 

 mittee may determine, to send a copy of this 

 resolution with his request. 



9. On the motion of the chairman it was 

 resolved : That the convention approves of the 

 proposal for an amalgamation of the Zoolog- 

 ical Record published by the Zoological So- 

 ciety of London with Volume N of the Inter- 

 national Catalogue in accordance with para- 

 graph 2-1 of the report, and authorizes the 

 executive committee to carry,the proposal into 

 effect. 



10. On the motion of Dr. Stejneger it was 

 resolved : That it is the desire of this conven- 

 tion that the executive committee, as soon as 

 practicable, take into consideration the ques- 

 tion of issuing cards. 



11. On the motion of Dr. Stejneger, sec- 

 onded by Dr. Deniker, it was resolved : That 



