. The Committee appointed to discuss the rules to be 
in forming a system of nomenclature is composed as follows 
For Paleontology— 
MM. Correat, formerly Regrisers of the Geological Society ofFrance. 
DovviLi ining 
Gaupry, Pres. of the Gaia ical Socie 
GossELeT, Prof. in the F aculty of Pitas Lille 
Povret, Member of the 
De Saporta, Copeuuaient “Ot the Institute. 
For Mineralogy— 
MM. Desciorzeavx, Member of the Institute. : 
NETTAZ, formerly Piaidand of the Geological Society of F 
The members of these International Commissions are ¢ 
with the formation of local Committees in their respective coun 
each Committee is to have the power to choose its own Pres 
and weer, Ve 
re of the Committees are to be forwarded to the 
tral Comets at Bologna, by January, 1881. 
This Committee is charged with the duty of printi 
evga these reports before the Congress meets in the © 
the Congress—the President, Mr. Hébert, an 
geologists residing in Paris, notably the professo 
University and the Ecole des Mines, likewise m 
received embers of the Congress at their offici 
the Exhibition and various public institutions in Paris, o- 
certain collections belonging to private individuals. 
; (Guide du Géologue & Exposition Universelle de 1878, oti pie 
zollections publiques et privées de Paris), consisting of 
