International Congress of Geologists. — Frazer. 
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sisted in the discussion of questions which hitherto had not 
been treated at all or which had been insufficiently 
discussed at Berlin. Among the principal subjects of discus- 
sion should be mentioned especially a discussion relative to 
the geological map of Europe ; the classification of the Cam- 
brian and Silurian, and the Tertiary measures. The organ- 
izing committee resolved that one special session should be 
devoted to the discussion of the crystalline schists, and also 
that various questions of nomenclature should be treated 
which as yet had not been resolved by previous Congresses, 
or which the international committee on nomenclature had 
presented through the medium of the secretary. 
Number 
actually 
present. 
British Isles 
Germany 
United States 
France 
Italy 
Belgium. 
Russia 
Austro-Hungary 
Switzerland 
Sweden 
Canada 
Roumania 
Spain 
Norway 
Holland 
New Zealand 
Portugal 
Mexico 
The Antilles 
Australia 
India 
Bulgaria 
Denmark 
Luxemburg 
Peru 
Argentine Republic 
Total 
A large number of elaborate memoirs were presented by 
diflFerent geologists in order to facilitate the discussion and 
especially the discussion relative to the crystalline schists, the 
organizing committee having taken care to solicit from various 
