34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE MEETING 



The last paper on the program was 



PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS FIELDS IN THE NORTHERN 



APPALACHIANS 



BY F. G. CLAPP 



which was read from manuscript, 20 minutes, and was discussed by J. F. 

 Kemp and F. E. Van Horn. 



After the presentation of Professor Jeffrey's paper the scientific pro- 

 gram was interrupted for the consideration of some matters of busi- 

 ness. The Council report was taken from the table, and on motion was 

 accepted and ordered printed. It will be found on pages 35-39 of this 

 volume. 



Whitman Cross then offered a vote of thanks to the Governing Board 

 of Harvard University for the courtesies of the University Museum and 

 to the geologists and mineralogists of Harvard University and the Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology for the completeness of the arrange- 

 ments made for the meetings. The motion was seconded by James F. 

 Kemp, and was heartily passed by the Society. 



Sessions of the Paleontological Section, December 29, 30, and 31 



The section of the Geological Society of America which had been 

 organized under section A^III of the Constitution as amended in 1909 

 met in the Nast Lecture Hall of the Harvard University Museum on 

 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 29-31, 1909, with John M. 

 Clarke as President and H. F. Cleland as Secretary. An account of the 

 meeting will be found on pages 69-76 of this volume. 



CORDILLERAN SECTION 



4 



In accordance with a request received from the Council of the Cor- 

 dilleran Section, the General Council voted that the sectional meeting 

 might be postponed from convocation week to the latter part of February 

 or March. 



