International Geological Congress. 



471 



Canada, 



Denmark, 



Spain, 



United States, 



France, 



Great Britain, 



Hungary, 



T. Sterry Hunt, 

 John strap. 

 Vilanova, 

 James Hall. 

 de Lapparent. 

 Hughes. 

 Szabo. 



Norway, 



Holland, 



Portugal, 



Roumania, 



Russia, 



Sweden, 



Switzerland, 



Kjerulf. 



van Calker. 



Choffat. 



Stefanescu. 



Inostranzeff. 



Torell. 



Renevier. 



The members of this committee were requested to vote for a 

 president for the next meeting. M, Fontannes read the jour- 

 nal of the preceding session, which was approved. 



M. Capellini, in the chair, then took up the question on 

 which the Congress was engaged at the close of the last session, 

 and asked if any one wished to speak further upon giving 

 three divisions to the Trias. After a pause, M. Renevier re- 

 marked that he did not wish to take up the time of the Con- 

 gress, but he wanted to know how it is intended to color the 

 Trias. Is it intended only provisionally to accept the divisions 

 for the chart or not ? 



M. Stefanescu said the proposition to accept the divisions of 

 the chart prejudges the whole question. 



M. Dewalque, M. Blanford, and M. Capellini further discussed 

 the question, and finally the three-fold divisions of the Trias 

 proposed at the Zurich meeting was agreed to. 



The question as to the proper place of the Hettangian beds 

 (whether with the Trias or with the Lias) was discussed but no 

 decision was reached. 



It was decided to divide the Jurassic into three parts. 



The question of the union of the Rhastic, not including the 

 Hettangian, with the Lias or Trias was again discussed. 



M. Hauchecorne observed that the scale of colors and sym- 

 bols were so arranged that the Rheetic could be classed with 

 the Trias or Lias to suit the observer. The question as to the 

 superior limitation of the Lias with the 2,one of Ammonites op ali- 

 nus was discussed. 



M. ChofFat thought that so little of this series is known 

 in Europe that the limit should be left for each geologist to 

 place it at his own discretion. Agreed to. 



Next the Tertiary was taken up. An animated debate ensued 

 in which M. Meyer of Zurich, Dr. Beyrich, M. Stefanescu and 

 M. Neumayer took part. 



Finally the chairman, M. Capellini, proposed that, in view 

 of the fact that no progress seemed possible owing to the diver- 

 gence of views maintained, a vote of confidence in the commit- 

 tee on the chart be taken ; assuring the members of the con- 

 gress that the committee would exhaust every means to satisfy 

 the views of the different members. (This vote of confidence 

 was carried unanimously.) 



