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their relationship to the mineral deposits, with some observations upon 
the origin of the ores. W. P. Blake. 
Geology of the Sand-hill region in the Carolinas. J. A. Holmes. 
Prof. Joseph Le Conte, in his address as the retiring presi- 
dent of the American Association, spoke on "The Present 
State of Science regarding Mountain Ranges;" and Mr. C. D. 
Walcott's address as vice-president of Section E was entitled, 
"Geologic Time as indicated by the Sedimentary Rocks of 
North America." The following are titles of the papers read 
before Section E, excepting those on Pleistocene geology: 
Use of the name "Catskill." John J. Stevenson. 
Section across the coastal plain region in southern North Carolina. 
J. A. Holmes. 
Notes on further observations of temperature in the deep well at 
Wheeling, W. Va. William Hallock. 
Recent investigations in the Cretaceous formation on Long Island, 
N. Y. Arthur Hollick. 
Character of folds in the Marquette iron district. C. R. Van Hise. 
The fossil sharks of Ohio. E. W. Clatpole. 
Hillsdale county geology, Michigan. Horatio P. Parmelee. 
Exhibition of trilobites showing antenna? and legs. Chas. D. Wal- 
cott. 
Remarks on the genus Arthrophycus Hall. — On the value of pseudo- 
alga? as geological guides. — Studies in problematic organisms, — the 
genus Fucoides. Joseph F. James. 
Northward extension of the Yellow Gravel in New Jersey, Staten 
Island, Long Island, and eastward. Arthur Hollick. 
The emergence of springs. T. C. Hopkins. 
After these meetings, the forenoons of the three days, Aug. 
24-26, were occupied by sessions of the World's Congress on 
Geology, held in Chicago as auxiliary with the Columbian 
Exposition. These sessions were well attended by geologists 
of the United States and Canada, with a few from foreign 
countries. Reports of the Congress and notes of some of the 
papers read are deferred to our next number. 
The American Association elected, as its president for the 
next meeting, the distinguished anthropologist, Dr. Daniel G. 
Brinton, of Media, Pa. ; and as officers of Section E, Prof. 
Samuel Calvin, of Iowa City, Iow r a, vice-president, and Prof. 
Wm. M. Davis, of Cambridge, Mass., secretary, The meeting 
will be held in August, 1894; and it is understood that its 
place, though not yet decided upon, will be some city in the 
Eastern states. 
By invitation of the Boston Society of Natural History, 
the Geological Society of America will hold its next winter 
meeting in Boston, Mass., during the holidays following 
Christmas. 
