Eighth International Geographic Congress 381 



USE OF TICKETS 



Members and associates are requested 

 to keep their tickets always ready to 

 produce on application. Various publi- 

 cations, some of scientific value, which 

 have been specially prepared for the 

 members of the Congress, will be dis- 

 tributed only to those who are in posses- 

 sion of a ticket. 



DAILY PROGRAM 



Daily programs will be issued during 

 the meetings in Washington and New 

 York. Any matter designed for incor- 

 poration in these must be in the hands 

 of the secretaries by 5 o'clock of the day 

 preceding issue. 



COMMUNICATIONS 



Following approximately the classifi- 

 cation of subjects announced in the pre- 

 liminary circular, the following sections 

 of the Congress will be organized, and 

 all communications, except such as may 

 be reserved for general sessions, will be 

 made before one or other of these sec- 

 tions : 



Section A. Physiography of the land. 



Section B. Volcanoes and earth- 

 quakes. 



Section C. Glaciers. 



vSection D. Oceanography. 



Section E. Meteorology and terres- 

 trial magnetism. 



Section F. Bio-geography. 



Section G. Anthropo-geography. 



Section H. Geodesy and geographic 

 technology. 



Section I. Explorations. 



Section J. Economic geography and 

 hydrology. 



Section K. Educational geography. 



Section L. Historical geography. 



A special opportunity will be afforded 

 for the discussion of methods of survey- 

 ing and map-making and for comparison 

 of these methods as pursued in other 

 countries with the work of federal and 

 state surveys maintained in this country. 



Delegates and members desiring to 

 present communications before the Con- 

 gress or wishing to propose subjects for 

 discussion are requested to signify their 

 wishes at the earliest practicable date. 

 It is especially needful that any titles 

 offered hereafter shall be accompanied 

 by abstracts (not exceeding 300 words 

 in length) in order that the Presidency 

 may take prompt action toward intro- 

 ducing the titles and abstracts in the 

 general program to be published at the 

 beginning of the Congress. 



The time required for presenting com- 

 munications should be stated; otherwise 

 twelve minutes will be allotted. It is 

 anticipated that not more than twenty 

 minutes will be allotted for any commu- 

 nication unless the Presidency decides to 

 extend the time by reason of the general 

 interest or importance of the subject. 



Titles and abstracts of communica- 

 tions should be submitted to the Secre- 

 tary of the Congress. Pending the 

 opening of the Congress, the Committee 

 of Arrangements shall decide whether 

 the same are appropriate for incorpora- 

 tion in the program, though the decision 

 of the committee shall be subject to re- 

 vision by the Presidency after the Con- 

 gress convenes. 



The preliminary announcement, is- 

 sued in January last, having provided 

 that proposals affecting the organization 

 of the Congress shall be submitted in 

 writing before May 1, any such pro- 

 posals hereafter received will be laid 

 before the Presidency, who will deter- 

 mine whether they shall receive consid- 

 eration at the Eighth Congress or be 

 laid over for future action. 



COMPTE RENDU 



The Presidency, with the aid of a 

 Committee on Publication, will prepare 

 a volume of proceedings or ' ' Compte 

 Rendu," comprising those communica- 

 tions and abstracts which they deem it 

 needful to publish, and this publica- 

 tion will be sent to all members of the 



