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. ber, a communication ‘by Boot was presented on eee supposed 
4 phile per stated the vi of several fist Ae of the Co on 
_ gress on the system of saldinedl geological maps. The President 
"held at Bologna in Italy, in October, 1881, under the honorary 
_ presidence of Sella, president of the Accademia dei Lincei of Rome, 
_ and a local committee of ten Italian geologists has been named, 
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_ ernment of the King of Italy, through the ambassador at Paris, at 
_ once promised its high patronage to the future Congress, and the 
_ municipality of Bologna sent a message of welcome 
e wo rk of the gs Pye is referred to two international 
_ committees; che fi f which will be charged with the unifica- 
_ tions “ des figures et ” that is to say, of all colors or signs 
_ employed on geological maps and plans. The second is charged 
_ with the unification of geolo deal nomenclature, under which will 
be considered all aneenet arc 4 o classification, as well as the 
_ value and significance of mineralogical, lithologica al and paleon- 
4 asta characters hs v8 the most important problems in 
_ geology. For these two jemand committees one member is 
_ named for each country, whose duty it will be to organize eras 
local committees, and to make known the composition of these as 
"gress, and to the local committee of the future one. spe by 
f these several committees are to be sent before the first of 
1881, to the Italian local committee of organization, who will 
cause them to be printed and distributed before the meeting of 
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