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ciation that, in addition tothe names of J. P. Lesley, of Philadel- 
phia, and Prof. . Ramsay, director of the Geological Survey 
of Great Britain, already added to the International Committee, 
the Presidents, for the time being, of the Geological Societies of 
France, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, of Berlin, of Belgium, 
Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the Imperial Geological Institute of 
Vienna, be invited to form part of our Commission.” — T. Sterry 
gress, constituted as follows: Hébert, president; Tournouer and 
Albert Gaudry, vice-presidents; Bioche, treasurer; Jaunetaz, 
secretary-general; Delaire, Sauvage, Brocchi and Véelain, secre- 
taries; with the following, Belgrand, Bureau, de Chancourtois, 
G. Co é i 
Desnoyers, Fougué, V. Gervais, Gruner, De Lapparent, Mallard, 
Milne-Edwards, Pellat, Marquis de Roys and L. Vaillant, mem- 
bers of the committee. 
A circular issued by this committee, bearing date July 31, in- 
vites all those interested in geological, mineralogical and palæon- 
tological studies to take part in the approaching congress, and to 
subscribe the sum of ¢welve francs each, which will give a card 
of admission to the congress, and right to all the publications 
thereof. All those who intend to be present are at the same 
time invited to send, as soon as possible, a list of the questions 
which seem to them worthy of general discussion, as well as 0 
the communications which they propose to make touching these 
questions. They are also invited to indicate which time appears 
to them most convenient for the meeting of the congress. 
As regards an International Geological Exhibition, the Paris a : 
Committee of Organization state that the difficulty of finding 4 
suitable locality seems to them an obstacle in the way of realizing 
this part of the programme. They hope, however, that there 
will be many special collections sent, and beg the exhibitors of 
Department of the Universal Exhibition. 
It is certain that, as at all previous similar exhibitions, " 
different nations will contribute more or less of geologica 
material, and it was conceived that such collections, extended an 
systematized in accordance with the plan set forth in the cH 
