844 | General Notes. 
that none of the supporters of the proposition know enou; 
assert it. 
In parts of the address there is some appearance of unfai 
_ in stating the position of the Congress. Take this, for inst 
“There can be no doubt that those who originally organized the work 
plated the enactment of a stratigraphic classification to be applied to the entire ¢ 
and the selection of a color scheme for use ei i 
ologic map 
a 
which hung the completion of the map, and many hasty decisions were? 
not disputed points were referred to the Map Committee. 
indicate that much oy all of this work was provisional or of merely local appli 
ut the resolutions adopted show little qualification. It should be added 
official minutes of the meeting are still unpublished.” 
Ea series of resolutions a partial scheme has been selected, one fer 
+ and the completion of the plan has been left to the Committee csi 
urope. 
This certainly implies that the Map Committee has © 
the Congress as to certain portions of the former's tas ne 
that the latter has “ enacted” colors for the world. Fu 
pi s ly | 
1S provisional; still, as the map if generally approved, w penr ig 
clared by the Congress an authoritative pattern for the guidance of MSE 
plan should be freely criticised at its present stage.” 
“it is understood, in a general way, that the Congress reserves So BNE 
that the published legend not on belongs specifically to the map bee be: 
If the map is open to much criticism it cannot be 
a pattern. The Congress has quite abundantly showt pa f 
to dictating or enacting contrary to the judgment | 
ich is 
tee “ec cannot t ; al t S i which 
is artificial.” se strongly nor too earnestly insist that 4 m TEN 
