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  PEOCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  few 
  palaeontologists 
  doubtless 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  nomination 
  of 
  a 
  committee 
  

   and 
  to 
  the 
  proposal 
  of 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  rules 
  which, 
  after 
  discussion 
  and 
  

   amendment, 
  were 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Bologna 
  Congress. 
  These 
  rules 
  

   differ 
  in 
  no 
  important 
  respect 
  from 
  the 
  Stricklandian 
  Code 
  of 
  the 
  

   British 
  Association, 
  adopted 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  majority 
  of 
  English 
  and 
  by 
  

   many 
  foreign 
  zoologists. 
  Although, 
  as 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  said, 
  the 
  

   subject 
  is 
  not 
  one 
  on 
  which 
  a 
  congress 
  of 
  geologists 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  

   speak 
  with 
  authority, 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  right 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  discussion 
  at 
  

   Bologna 
  was 
  left 
  entirely 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  biologists, 
  and 
  was 
  closer, 
  

   more 
  to 
  the 
  point, 
  and 
  more 
  free 
  from 
  intervention 
  by 
  unqualified 
  

   speakers, 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  discussions 
  that 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  that 
  meeting 
  ; 
  

   in 
  fact, 
  coming 
  at 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  week's 
  proceedings, 
  the 
  

   sittings 
  were 
  only 
  attended 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   question. 
  The 
  conclusions 
  are 
  therefore 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  palaeontologists. 
  Amongst 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  are 
  the 
  

   exclusive 
  acceptance 
  of 
  binomial 
  terms 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  Latin 
  

   orthography, 
  and 
  the 
  rejection 
  of 
  pre-Linnaean 
  names. 
  The 
  rule 
  

   that 
  in 
  future 
  no 
  palaeontological 
  specific 
  names 
  should 
  be 
  recognized 
  

   as 
  valid 
  unless 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  figured 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  described, 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  

   great 
  importance. 
  One 
  minor 
  point, 
  the 
  recognition, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  " 
  mutations," 
  of 
  geological 
  varieties, 
  or 
  forms, 
  in 
  strata 
  of 
  

   different 
  age, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  geographical 
  varieties 
  or 
  races 
  

   inhabiting 
  different 
  areas 
  on 
  the 
  earth's 
  surface, 
  was 
  a 
  useful 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  palaeontological 
  terms. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  more 
  legitimate 
  undertakings 
  of 
  the 
  Bologna 
  Congress 
  

   have 
  had 
  a 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  checkered 
  history, 
  and 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  

   two 
  has 
  become 
  much 
  interwoven. 
  Originally, 
  as 
  most 
  geologists 
  

   will 
  remember, 
  the 
  two 
  international 
  committees, 
  that 
  for 
  geological 
  

   maps 
  and 
  that 
  for 
  nomenclature, 
  were 
  composed 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   geologists, 
  fourteen 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  case, 
  fifteen 
  in 
  the 
  second, 
  each 
  of 
  

   whom 
  represented 
  his 
  own 
  country, 
  and 
  each 
  of 
  whom 
  was 
  expected 
  

   to 
  form, 
  in 
  that 
  country, 
  a 
  national 
  committee 
  who 
  should 
  report 
  

   to 
  the 
  general 
  or 
  international 
  one. 
  In 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  cases 
  such 
  

   national 
  committees 
  were 
  formed 
  ; 
  but, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  several 
  

   sent 
  in 
  no 
  Reports, 
  whilst 
  the 
  recommendations 
  of 
  others 
  were 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Report 
  drawn 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  each 
  international 
  committee 
  and 
  laid 
  before 
  the 
  

   Congress. 
  

  

  The 
  result 
  was, 
  that 
  the 
  General 
  Eeport 
  on 
  the 
  unification 
  of 
  map- 
  

   coloration 
  and 
  signs, 
  drawn 
  up 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Renevier, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  the 
  International 
  Committee, 
  was 
  founded 
  on 
  Reports 
  from 
  

  

  