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tan. Judged by European standards, it seems to be late Cenomanian in age. 

 Were the Turonian of Europe indicated anywhere along our Coastal plain by 

 paleozoological evidence, or were the floras of the European Turonian exten- 

 sive enough for accurate comparisons, I would incline toward correlating the 

 Black Creek formation as well as the Magothy formation with the Turonian. 

 The most abundant plant in the Black Creek formation, a new species of 

 Araucaria, has its nearest relative in a similar species from the Magothy for- 

 mation at Cliffwood, New Jersey, and another from the Turonian of France 

 (near Toulon). Another of the common Black Creek plants, a Pistia, while 

 not found in the Magothy formation, occurs in Greenland (Atane). 



There is a great resemblance between the flora of the. Black Creek formation 

 and those of various European formations which are commonly considered as 

 Cenomanian in age, such as those of Portugal (Saporta) ; Niederschcena, 

 Saxony (Ettingshausen) ; Moletein, Moravia (Heer) ; Bohemia (Velenovsky). 



The Society then listened in general session to the reading of the fol- 

 lowing papers : 



PALEOOEOCRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA 

 BY CHARLES SCHUCHERT 



The paper has been published as pages 427-606 of this volume. 

 Then was read 



REVISION OF THE PALEOZOIC SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICA 

 BY E. O. ULRICH 



This paper may be published in volume 21 of the Bulletin. 



Doctor Ulrica's paper was interrupted by adjournment at 5.45 p. m., 

 and the reading was finished on Thursday. It was discussed by A. W. 

 Grabau. 



At 7 o'clock Wednesday evening the Fellows and their friends, to the 

 number of 133, gathered at the hotel Kennert for the annual dinner of 

 the Society. President Calvin presided, and, after dinner, remarks were 

 made by him and Messrs Gilbert, Penck, W. B. Clark, G. 0. Smith, 

 Brock, Chamberlin, Hovey, Gulliver, Van Hise, Emerson, and Stevenson. 



The Society convened again at 9.45 o'clock Thursday morning, Presi- 

 dent Calvin being chairman, and, after hearing sundry announcements, 

 listened to the reading by the Secretary of the following 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANO OBSERVATIONS 



Acknowledgments have been received from the governors of the Leeward 

 islands, of Hawaii, of Jamaica, and of Saint Thomas, from the chairman of the 

 Isthmian Canal Commission, and from the secretaries of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution and of the committee on seismology of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



