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science and education ; the principal executive officers of the 
city ; the select and common councils ; the judges of the courts ; 
the military officers of the U. S., resident in the city ; the 
presidents of the banks, of the great railways, of the large indus- 
trial institutions; by large numbers of the most eminent law- 
yers, merchants, and in short by representatives of the most 
important activities of the city. With the patriotic and liber- 
al spirit of Americans, Profs. T. Sterry Hunt and Frazer declar- 
ed that they hoped to be able to effect a reduction of the ex- 
pense of the voyage to America and back to Europe to half the 
ordinary cost, as was done for the members of the British As- 
sociation for the Advancement of science during its session in 
Montreal in 1884, Further, as three of the presidents of the 
great trans-continental railway lines had joined in the invita- 
tions, itwasprobable that excursions to the Rocky mountains, 
to Canada , to the great lakes , and to the south would be ar- 
ranged for the foreign members at greatly reduced rates if not 
almost gratuitously. 
The last session»of the Council had a long discussion rela- 
tive to organizing the international committee on nomencla- 
ture, the old one having ceased to exist from the opening of 
the London Congress. Prof. Cappellini put the question 
whether it should be newly nominated, preserving the func- 
tions which it previously had, or whether it should be 
dissolved, or whether it should be changed so as to possess 
only some of its previous functions. 
Prof. Renevier was of the opinion that the functions of the 
Congress should terminate and that the Congress should name 
committee-men who should discuss by letter certain questions 
and seek to procure harmony. It was not necessary to pre- 
serve a large international committee. M. Stefanescu was 
opposed both to the dissolution of the old committee and to 
the propositions of M. Renevier, as in the case of the accept- 
ance of them the committee would lose its international char- 
acter. Mr. Evans thought that the best practical means was for 
every nation to name a committee and for these committees to 
discuss the matters by correspondence. Prof. Gosselet thought 
that a committee on nomenclature ought to be retained and 
that each nation should have one vote in this committee. M. 
Issel thought that it was very important for the professors of 
geology if the Congress should indicate to thom the road to 
