REPOKT OF THE MOUNT RAINIER RESERVE COMMITTEE. 13 



Tn conflu.sion, I Avih^h to state that Professor Shaler called my attention during 

 the early paj-t of my work to a channel on Forbes hill, in Milton, which he had pre- 

 viously observed and to which he had ascribed a somewhat similar origin. 



Following the reading of Mr ]>arton's pa})er the Society adjourned. 

 No evening session was held. 



Session of Wednesday, August 15 



The Society Avas called to order at 9.15 o'clock a ni. 



Matters of business w^ere deferred to a later hour of the session and 

 the reading of scientific papers was resumed. The first paper was — 



TBIAS AND JURA OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 

 BY JAMES PEKKIN SMITH 



Remarks were made by H. S. AVilliams. 



The next two papers were not on the printed i)rogram, being offered 

 late, l)ut were presented by their authors : 



GEOLOGICAL AGE OF THE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE BATESVILLE REGION, 



ARKANSAS 



BY II. S. WirXIAMS 



The paper was discussed by J. F. Kemp, Jed Hotchkiss and J. P. 

 Smith. 



REPORT ON THE PROGRESS IN GEOLOGY DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE 

 CENTENNIAL AND COLUMBIAN EXPOSITIONS 



BY JED IIOTCHKISS 



The matters of business were taken u\). 



The special committee appointed at the Madison meeting to consider 

 and act ui)on the matter of making the Pacific Forest Reserve a national 

 ])ark i)r(^sented the following report: 



REPORT OF THE MOUNT RAINIER PACIFIC FOREST RESERVE COMMITTEE 



To the GcolofjLcal Society of America : 



At the Fifth Summer Meeting of the Societ}^, held at Ahidison, Wis- 

 consin, in August, 1893, a committee was appointed to take into consid- 



