604 PROCIilEDIXGS OF BOSTON MEETING. 



The next paper was read by title : 



GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY LYING EAST 01 



MOUNT WASHINGTON 



BY WILLIAM H. HOBBS 



This paper is published in The Journal of Geology, volume 1, 1893. 

 page 780. 



The following paper was illustrated by lantern views : 



THE HIBERNIA FOLD, NEW JERSEY 

 BY J. E. WOLFF 



An abstract is published in The American Geologist, volume xiii, 

 page 142. 



The following three papers were presented by the author : 



PLEISTOCENE DISTORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC SEACOAST 



RELATION OF MOUNTAIN-GROWTH TO FORMATION OF CONTINENTS^ 



PHENOMENA OF BEACH AND DUNE-SANDS 



BY N. S. SHALER 



These papers are printed as pages 199-212 of this volume. 

 The following communication was read : 



THE TRIAS AND JURA IN THE WESTERN STATES 

 BY ALPHEUS HYATT 



The paper was discussed by J. S. Diller, Mr Alexander Agassiz and 

 the author. It is printed as pages 395-434 of this volume. 



The following paper was read by title : 



GEOGRAPHICAL WORK FOR STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS 

 BY WILLIAM M. DAVIS 



Our state geological surveys, which should be organized in every state as perma- 

 nent official bureaus with an assured future, have at present too commonly an 

 uncertain existence ; so uncertain that a graduate of our colleges might well question 

 the advisability of casting his lot in a service on whose permanence so little de- 

 pendence can be placed. There are two chief reasons for this unfortunate condi- 

 tion of things. The first is the little interest felt bv the average state legislator in 



