Reports and Proceedings — The Geological Congress. 187 



For France Prof. A. Gaudry, Mus. d'histoire Naturelle, Paris. 



„ Hungary Prof. Szabo, Buda Pesth. 



,, Italy Prof. Capellini, Bologna. 



„ Netherlands M. van Baumhauer, Haarlem. 



,, Portugal M. Bibeiro, Lisbon. 



„ Boumania Prof. Stephanesco, Bucharest. 



„ Eussia Prof. De Moeller, St. Petersburg. 



„ Sweden and Norway Dr. Otto Torell, Stockholm. 



„ Switzerland Prof. Favre, Geneva. 



Council : 

 Messrs. Barrande, J., Prague, Bohemia. 



Briart, M.A., Pres. of the Geological Soeiety of Brussels. 



Chamberlain., Dir. of the Geol. Survey of Wisconsin, U.S.A. 



Cook, G. H., Dir. Geol. Survey of New Jersey. 



Dewalque, Prof, of Geology, Liege. 



Dieulafait, Prof, of Geology, Marseilles. 



Dupont, Dir. Natural History Museum, Brussels. 



Gosselet, Prof, of Geology, Lille. 



Hanks, J., San Francisco. 



Hantken, Dir. Geol. Institute, Hungary. 



Helland, Delegate from Norway. 



Inostranzoff, Prof, of Geology, St. Petersburg. 



Jaccard, Prof, of Geology, Neufchatel. 



Giordano, Inspector General of Mines, Italy. 



Lennier, Dir. of the Museum, Havre. 



Loriol, Geneva. 



Lory, Prof, of Geology, Grenoble. 



Lundgren, Prof., University of Lund. 



Malaise, Delegate from the Boyal Academy of Sciences, Brussels. 



Matheron, Marseilles. 



Mayer, Prof., University of Zurich. 



Moriere, Prof, of Geology, Caen. 



Pilar, Prof, of Geology, University of Agram. 



Pirona, Delegate from the Institute of Venice. 



Benevier. Prof, of Geology, Lausanne. 



Saporta (Comte de), Corr. Member of the Institute of France. 



Sella, late Minister for Public "Works, Italy. 



Selwyn, A., F.B.S., Dir. of the Geological Survey of Canada. 



Sirodot, Prof, of Geology, Bennes. 



Winkler, Dr. T. C, Haarlem. 



Secretaries — Messrs. Brocchi, Delaire, Sauvage, and Velain. 



Treasurer — A. Bioche. 



General Secretary — A. Jannettaz. 



The propositions specially laid down, and previously published 

 in the programme, for the consideration of the Congress, were the 

 following : — 



1. The unification of geological signs (i.e. colours and con- 

 ventional signs). 



2. The discussion of various questions relative to the limits and 

 characters of certain formations. 



3. The representation of faults and veins. 



4. The respective values of the fauna and flora in defining beds. 



5. On the value of the mineral composition and texture of rocks 

 in determining their origin and age. 



Some thirty and odd papers bearing more or less closely upon the 

 above propositions were read and discussed. 



