January 15, 1897.] 



SGIENGE. 



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There are many other minor agencies scat- 

 tered through the Departments which contrib- 

 ute much to the development of the country's 

 resources. 



The total appropriations for 1897 to the De- 

 partments and Bureaus above described as en- 

 gaged in promoting science and the develop- 

 ment of the country amount to $7,984,559.38. 



The total number of employees in the above 

 Departments and Bureaus is, not including the 

 Census, 5,225. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF A3IERICA: NINTH 



ANNUAL 3IEETING, WASHINGTON, 



DECEMBER S9-31, 1896. 



The Geological Society of America was 

 called to order for its ninth annual meet- 

 ing in the lecture room of the ISTational 

 Museum at 10 a. m., December 29th ; Pres- 

 ident Joseph LeConte, of Berkeley, Cal., 

 in the chair. An address of welcome was 

 delivered by Mr. Charles D. Walcott, Direc- 

 tor of the United States Geological Survey, 

 to which a response was given by President 

 LeConte. The local reception committee, 

 through its chairman, Mr. S. F. Emmons, 

 stated the arrangements that had been made 

 for the entertainment of the Society, which 

 included a dailj^ lunch in the museum, a 

 trip through the new Congressional Library 

 with Capt. Green, the Superintendent, and 

 the privileges of the Cosmos club to the 

 fellows and their friends. 



The Council presented its printed report, 

 which was laid on the table for one day. 

 Messrs. Hague and Kemp were appointed 

 a committee to audit the accounts of the 

 the Treasurer. The result of the election 

 of officers for the ensuing j^ear was then 

 announced as follows : President, Edward 

 Orton ; First Vice-President, J. J. Steven- 

 son ; Second Vice-President, B. K. Emer- 

 son ; Secretary, H. L. Fairchild ; Treasurer, 

 I. C. White; Editor, J. Stanley-Brown; 

 Councilors, J. S. Diller, W. B. Scott. 



The following fellows were also elected : 

 Rufus Mather Bagg, Assistant in Geology 



at Johns Hopkins University and on the 

 Maryland Geological Survey ; Erwin Hink- 

 ley Barbour, Professor of Geology in the 

 University of !N"ebraska ; Samuel Walker 

 Beyer, Assistant Professor of Geology, Iowa 

 Agricultural College, Ames, la. ; Arthur 

 P. Coleman, Professor of Geology, Toronto 

 University ; Henry Stewart Gane, Assistant 

 Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey ; John 

 Bonsall Porter, Professor of Mining, Mc- 

 Gill University, Montreal; Arthur Coe 

 Spencer, Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey. 



A memorial of Eobert Hay was then read 

 by E. T. Hill, and one of Charles Wachs- 

 muth, written by Samuel Calvin, was read 

 by J. Stanley-Brown. A memorial of N. 

 J. Giroux was postponed until the following 

 meeting, as the manuscript was not at the 

 moment available. 



The reading of papers was then imme- 

 diately taken up. 

 Crater Lake. J. S. Dillee, Washington, 



D. C. 



Crater Lake is deeply set in the summit of 

 the Cascade Range, of Southern Oregon. It 

 is remarkable for its beauty and depth, the 

 grandeur of its encircling cliffs and its geo- 

 logical history. During the glacial period 

 the site of the lake was occupied by a huge 

 volcano comparable in size with Shasta or 

 Rainier. Since then the upper third has 

 disappeared and a pit has formed in its 

 base 4,000 feet deep. The pit is half filled 

 with water forming Crater Lake. The paper 

 was illustrated by lantern slides, and in the 

 course of its presentation the crater lakes 

 of Europe were briefly reviewed and com- 

 pared with the one in Oregon. The lava 

 flows were described and the peculiar radi- 

 ating and glaciated valleys that pass out 

 from the cone downwards, but that end in 

 the air upwards. All the phenomena indi- 

 cated a sinking in, absorption and with- 

 drawal of the cone, leaving the present 

 depression. In discussion President Le 



