('orrespondence. 41;} 
propositi.):! vvbish is adopted with the addition of the words "in inter 
national nomenclature" after the word term in the first line. 
II. "Appellations applied to a terrane in a certain determined sense 
cannot be employed in any other sense.'* Adopted without discussion. 
III. "The date of the publication shall decide the priority of strati 
graphic names given to the same series of beds." Discussed by Mayer- 
Eymar, Bertrand,and Deperet and finally adopted. 
IV. "For the small stratigraphic divisions sufficiently well character- 
ized paleontologically, in case of the creation of new names it is prefer- 
able to take for a basis their most important paleontological peculiari- 
ties." 
"Geographic or other names should not be emploj-ed except for sec- 
tions of a certain importance enclosing several paleontological horizons, 
or when the terrane cannot be characterized paleontologically." 
Discussed by Renevier, Freeh, Tietze, Mourlon, Mayer-Eymar, Pav- 
low, Diener, and Deperet and finally adopted. 
A proposition of M. Freeh which follows was referred to the commis- 
sion for further consideration. 
"It would be desirable for the divisions of the systems in which there 
are not familiar names such as "Dogger," "Lias," etc., to introduce the 
prefixes paleo, mezo, and neo." 
V. "So far as concerns the various stratigraphical terms which exist 
in the literature, it would be desirable that the terms designating sec- 
tions or series should be replaced by the words upper, middle, and 
lower." (This article vvas'referred l>ack to the committee.) 
VI. "When a term given to a whole series of beds should be restrict- 
ed to only a ijart of these beds, it should not Ite preserved except for the 
beds best characterized paleontologically." 
After discussion by Tschernyschew, Mourlon, Renevier, and Pavlow. 
it was referred back to the committee for further consideration. 
Vil. "Names badly constructed from an etymological point of view- 
are to be corrected without excluding them on that account from the 
domain of the .science. Adopted without discussion. 
Meeting of Council, Friday, Aug. VV, iSept.S). 1897. 
The session is opened at 9:15 a. m., M. Karpinsky in the chair. 
A letter from M. Giimbel of Munich read and the council decides to 
send telegrams of regret at their absence to MM. Gum!)el andSiiess. The 
president presented to the council in the name of M. Richard two pam- 
phlets 1) On the mineral wealth of Rtmmania, 2) On petroleum. The 
nomination of an international committee for the unification of nomen- 
clature being taken up after discussion by MM. Renevier, Capellini, and 
others it is decided to name two clas.ses of members on the committee, 
viz: the effective and the consultative. 
The following members were then agreed to: 
Effective Members. Barrois. Capellini, Hughes. I-Jcnevier. Tietze, 
Tschernyschew, H. Williams, v. Zittel. 
Cun.'iult(dive Members. Choffat, Clark, Cortazar, Davy, Dawson, 
