and to ask the congress to meet in America at its next (after 
cock was selected to apply the international scheme of colora- 
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present condition of knowledge in the various branches of science, 
as follows: meteorology, by W. H. Ragan; mammalogy, E. R. 
Quick ; the work accomplished for natural and physical science, 
Richard Owen, M.D.; papers on C. S. Rafinesque and ichthyology, 
b 
M.D. ; chemistry, Professor R. B. Warder; conchology, Rev. D. 
R. Moore ; statistics, J. B. Conner; ornithology, A. W. Butler ; 
geography, J. T. Scovell ; astronomy, Daniel Kirkwood, LL.D. 
A committee was appointed to incorporate the academy. The 
prospects for the future of the academy are very bright; the 
ablest investigators and best instructors of the State have united 
without exception to put this new institution on its feet. There 
will be two meetings each year, one between Christmas and New 
Year, the other early in the summer; the former will be held at’ 
Indianapolis, the latter will be held at different places throughout 
the State. The next meeting will be held at Brookville, begin- 
ning May 20, 1886. 
THE American COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 
OF GEoLoGists—This committee met in the Windsor hotel, New 
York city, on Friday, January 8th, with the president, Professor 
James Hall, in the chair. There were present Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, 
Professor J. S. Newberry, Professor C. H. Hitchcock, Professor 
. J. Stevenson, Professor Geo. H. Cook, Mr. McGee (representing 
Major Powell), and Dr. Frazer, the secretary of the Berlin dele- 
gates, who was elected the secretary of the meeting, and read his 
report of the proceedings of the Berlin congress. His action in 
ordering 300 extras to be struck off by the printer of the journal, 
and also 300 copies of the color scale to be printed in Berlin 
to accompany the report, was approved. 
It was decided that translations of the reports of the committee 
on the map of Europe and on the uniformity of nomenclature, 
together with an abstract of the English committee’s report, should 
with the American committee’s report, and under the direc- 
tion of Dr. Frazer, be distributed among American geologists 
under conditions which seemed best. 2 
A committee of five was to be appointed to take measures in 
advance of the London congress to have American views prop- 
miy represented ; to be prepared for discussion of certain subjects, 
the London) session. : Sad 
After some other minor matters were decided, Professor Hitch- 
tion to an area which has been selected by Major Powell to test 
-~ The meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the president. 
