41-t The American Geologist . Decoinber, 1897 
Dep^ret, Freeh, Griesback, Kaipinsky, Keyser, de Lapparent, Martin, 
Mayer-Eymar, Nathorst, Nikitin, Stefanescu. De-Stefani, Tiiramelli, 
Uhlig, Van der Broeck, Waleott, Hor. Woodward. 
M. Mendes Guirrero proposed that Switzerland shoukl be chosen as 
the central place of session of the commission. After discupsson by v. 
Zittel and Capellini it was decided that the committee itpelf should fix 
the places of its meetings, having regard to the meetings of the different 
geological societies. 
The president reads the following proposition presented by a prepara- 
tory meeting of 42 petrographers (i.e., Zirkel, Groth Cohen, Kalkowsky, 
Brogger, Iddings, C. Schmidt, Geikie, Riva, Sabattini, Mattiorolo, 
Hogbom, Pirsson, Bakom, Lagorio,Inostranzeff,'Osann, Doelter, Linck, 
Kroustschow, Morozevitch. Barrois, Duparc, Backstrom. Bucking, 
Klockman, Linck (?), Milch, Scheibe, Romberg, Ussing, Lawson, v. 
Calker, Wichmann. Doys, Ramsay, Hobsan, Hobbst, Rinne, Loewin- 
son-Lessing): 
''A group of members of the Congress to the Jiumber of 42 met together 
to discuss the question of the systematic nomenclature of rocks, trans- 
mits the following to the Congress as the unanimous opinion of its 
members. 
'"It is desirable to abandon the idea of establishing by a resolution of 
the Congress the principles specially applicable to the methodical clas- 
sification of the rocks, in view of the extraordinarily rapid development 
of petrography. 
'■To reach the simplification of nomenclature demanded by geologists 
it is indispensable to define with more precision than has yet been done 
the general names of which the employment is necessary in the execu- 
tion of the maps." 
MM. Barrois, Brogger, Bertrand, Karpinsky, and Renevier discussed 
the statement and it was referred to the already existing committee. 
M. Gaudry presented the following resolution: 
"The International Geological Congress, assembled in St. PetersVjurg, 
expresses the desire that the governments of all countries establish in- 
struction in geology and paleontology in the upper classes of the higher 
schools, 'lycees or gymnases.' The delegates of each country are re- 
quested to inform their respective governments of this request." 
M. Capellini supports the resolution, which is unanimously adopted. 
M. Loewinson-Lessing recalls that a preliminary meeting of petrog- 
raphers, previously referred to, had, on the proposition of M. Brogger, 
expressed the desire for the formation of an international publication of 
petrography, devoted principally to the resumes and reports of the pe- 
trographic works of all countries, and asks the Congress to name a 
commission for the preliminary study of this question. 
After the discussion by v. Zittel, Renevier and Brogger the council 
decides to lay the proposition before the general assembly. M. Kar- 
pinsky 's proposition to propose to the assembly as members of the com- 
mittee the following names is accepted: Barrois, Becke. Brogger, 
Fouqu^. Geikie, Iddings, Khroustschow, Loewinson Lessing, Michel- 
