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world-wide publications of to-day, are all at the service of the new 

 Commission, and will doubtless be turned to good account. 



In the mean time the Commission^ publish their "Memoirs" (4to.) 

 and "Bulletin" (8vo.) — the former devoted to larger communications 

 on and results of work in Italian geologj'', the latter with shorter 

 notices and current information, such as the constitution and rules of 

 this Commission ; its library-catalogue, with bibliographical notices, 

 etc. Zittel on the Central Apennines (with inverted strata) ; 

 Cocchi on Elba; Negri and Spreafico on the Lago di Lugano; 

 Manzoni on some Miocene Fossils ; Theobald on the Valtellina ; 

 Grattarola Momo and Alessandri on Eoad-sections of the Hills in 

 Florence (on a scale of -a-oV o") '■> Maggi on the Conglomerate of the 

 Adda ; Grattarola and Alessandri on the Post-Pliocene Beds in the 

 Valleys east of Florence; Suess on the Eothliegende of the Val 

 Trompia ; Wolf on a Sulphur Deposit near Naples ; Caruel on 

 the Fossil Cycadeous Baumeria, and a new species, E. Coccliiana 

 (with photographs) ; Abdullah Bey on the Devonian Limestone of 

 the Bosphorus; Gerlach on the Geology of the Southern Pennine 

 Alps ; Suess on the representatives of the Carboniferous and Per- 

 mian Formations in the Alps ; Cocchi on the Granite of the Val di 

 Magi'a, and on a Tithonian Band in that valley ; Curioni on the Val 

 Trompia ; and Pirona on the Sedimentary Strata of the Euganean 

 Hills, are the observers and subjects (some illustrated with wood- 

 cuts) as far as geology is concerned ; whilst numerous mineralogical 

 and short geological notices give much that is new of Italy, and 

 bring together con-elative information from all parts of the world. 



Thus the State Committee of Geologists, associated for the ad- 

 vancement of their science in Italy, and its application to the 

 improvement of mines, quarries, lands, and roads, have fairly begun 

 their systematic work in a field where many have already laboured, 

 with varying success, in searching out nature's truths and seeking 

 for the treasures of the earth, for noble or ignoble ends. This 

 royally commissioned Survey, however, has for its only aim the 

 increase of knowledge and the improvement of Italy's well-being. 

 The hammer, the plough, and the pickaxe will work the surer and 

 the faster with their guidance ; and the capitalist, the thinker, and the 

 philanthropist will each find a clearer path for his thoughts and actions 

 — helping, raising, and enlightening himself and his fellow men. 



AVith honest purpose, and with " science and industry " for their 

 adopted motto, this small and trusty band of native geologists will 

 before long make Italy truly and fully known to their countrymen 

 by a map whereon the divisions will not be drawn by sword and 

 sceptre, nor coloured hj hate and bigotry, but pencilled out according 

 to compass and clinometer, for the mutual benefit of agriculturist 

 and miner, shepherd and vine-grower, noble and peasant, according to 

 the outcrop of bare rock and the broad spread of' fruitful strata. 



T. EuPERT Jones. 

 1 The Office of the Commission is Corso Vittorio Emanuele, No. 17, Florence. 



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