(in Tin American Geologist. July, i89» 
and influential as the American Institute of Mining Engineers 
is in America, [ts rules and general scheme of organization 
resemble those of its American prototype. The officers are: 
Sib II im;i Aj brs, President. 
John Howell, II. II. Schlapp, Prof. Tate, Vice-presidents. 
Uriah Dudley, Secretary. 
E. I >. ( i.i:i.am). Treasurer. 
The Proces-verbal of the international commission of the 
geological map of Europe, issued by the secretary, Prof. E. 
Etenevier, gives the essential results of the meetings held at 
Lausanne, September 27th and 28th, 1892. These meetin 
wen- attended by MM. Beyrich and Hauchecorne from Berlin. 
Karpinsky from St. Petersburg, Michel-Levy of Paris. Torell 
of Stockholm. Capellini of Bologne and Renevier of Lausanne. 
Considerable progress has been made on the great ma]). M. 
Hauchecorne presented a general chart showing the condition 
of the work. M. Capellini promised the immediate delivery 
of three of the Italian sheets. On motion of Michel-Levy tin- 
word "protogine" was removed from association with gneiss in 
the legend. M. Karpinsky presented a geological chart of Russia 
prepared by the Geological Committee, on a scale of 2,500,000 
which is about to be published, and read a paper explanatory 
of the terms of the legend. He also exhibited an unpublished 
geological map of the southwestern part of Russian Poland. 
on a scale of 100,000. M. Torell exhibited the geological map 
of Sweden, colored upon the topographical base of the inter- 
national map. It requires yet to decide several questions of 
detail, and particularly to distinguish the true granites from 
the general ensemble of the other crystalline rocks. It was 
decided that there ought to be an understanding between MM. 
Beusch of Norway, Torell of Sweden, Moberg of Finland and 
Karpinsky of Russia, so that these countries may be shown 
in the same style, especially in whatever pertains to the crys- 
talline rocks and the glacial deposits. The Russian map, pre- 
sented by Karpinsky does not show the southern limits of the 
western glaciation, but the commission determined that it 
would be necessary to indicate this on the international map, 
to continue it into western Europe, and likewise to express 
the extreme limits of the moraines about the Alps, ami of other 
mountain ranges that have had glaciers. 
The Commission, at the instance of Hauchecorne. deter- 
mined to urge forward the printing of the map as fast as pos- 
sible, and pledged itself to publish the first live sheets by the 
date of the Congress of 1894. The next session of the Com- 
mission will be held in Berlin in September, 1893. 
