﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  9 
  

  

  the 
  information 
  for 
  Algeria. 
  Up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  the 
  best 
  geo- 
  

   logical 
  account 
  of 
  Palestine 
  is 
  that 
  published 
  by 
  Lartet 
  ; 
  and 
  France 
  

   would 
  therefore 
  naturally 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  But, 
  as 
  the 
  

   English 
  Palestine-Exploration 
  Society 
  has 
  just 
  published 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  

   the 
  country, 
  on 
  the 
  1-inch 
  scale, 
  and 
  probably 
  possesses 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  amount 
  of 
  geological 
  information 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  and 
  note-books 
  

   of 
  its 
  surveying 
  officers, 
  it 
  was 
  arranged 
  that 
  the 
  representative 
  of 
  

   Great 
  Britain 
  should 
  take 
  charge 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  language 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  will 
  be 
  Erench 
  ; 
  but 
  translations 
  of 
  

   legends, 
  explanations, 
  indexes, 
  &c. 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  refer. 
  All 
  names 
  of 
  places 
  will 
  be 
  

   written 
  as 
  is 
  usual 
  in 
  the 
  country, 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  belong. 
  

  

  Several 
  questions 
  were 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  Map 
  

   Committee, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  Paleozoic 
  rocks, 
  

   and 
  the 
  meridian 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  map. 
  As 
  regards 
  this 
  last, 
  it 
  

   was 
  understood 
  that 
  for 
  a 
  general 
  map 
  of 
  Europe 
  the 
  meridian 
  must 
  

   be 
  either 
  Greenwich 
  or 
  Ferro. 
  

  

  Many 
  questions 
  respecting 
  classification, 
  nomenclature, 
  &c. 
  will 
  

   arise 
  during 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  For 
  the 
  discussing 
  of 
  these, 
  

   a 
  second 
  Committee 
  was 
  elected 
  to 
  cooperate, 
  when 
  necessary, 
  with 
  

   the 
  Map 
  Committee 
  ; 
  the 
  Members 
  were 
  chosen 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   from 
  the 
  Yice-Presidents. 
  Prof. 
  Hughes 
  is 
  the 
  member 
  for 
  Eng- 
  

   land. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Congress 
  is 
  fixed 
  for 
  1884, 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  by 
  

   which 
  date 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  the 
  Map 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  publication. 
  

   Preliminary 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Committees 
  are 
  fixed 
  for 
  1882 
  at 
  Foix 
  

   (at 
  the 
  country 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  France), 
  and, 
  

   for 
  1883, 
  in 
  Switzerland. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Judd, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Professor 
  John 
  Milne, 
  F.G.S., 
  of 
  the 
  

   Imperial 
  Engineering 
  College 
  of 
  Tokio, 
  Japan, 
  called 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  to 
  the 
  important 
  work 
  now 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  

   by 
  the 
  Seismological 
  Society 
  of 
  Japan. 
  The 
  objects 
  at 
  which 
  this 
  Society 
  

   chiefly 
  aimed 
  were 
  : 
  — 
  (1) 
  the 
  preparation 
  from 
  ancient 
  Japanese 
  

   records 
  of 
  a 
  reliable 
  Earthquake-Catalogue 
  ; 
  (2) 
  the 
  testing 
  of 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  instruments 
  devised 
  for 
  seismographical 
  inquiries 
  : 
  (3) 
  the 
  care- 
  

   ful 
  observation, 
  at 
  as 
  many 
  points 
  as 
  possible, 
  of 
  the 
  elements 
  of 
  the 
  

   earthquake-movements 
  ; 
  (4) 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  ele- 
  

   vation 
  and 
  depression 
  of 
  areas 
  during 
  earthquake-shocks. 
  Already, 
  

   by 
  the 
  labours 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  seismographs 
  had 
  been 
  supplied 
  to 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  telegraphic 
  stations 
  in 
  Japan, 
  and 
  valuable 
  results 
  had 
  

   been 
  obtained. 
  The 
  Seismological 
  Society 
  of 
  Japan 
  was 
  founded 
  

   before 
  that 
  of 
  Switzerland. 
  Geologists 
  could 
  become 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  Seismological 
  Society 
  of 
  Japan 
  (which 
  stands 
  greatly 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  

   help) 
  by 
  an 
  annual 
  payment 
  of 
  £1, 
  which 
  will 
  entitle 
  them 
  to 
  

   receive 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Society. 
  Prof. 
  Judd 
  

   was 
  prepared 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  members 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Prof. 
  

   Milne. 
  

  

  