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especially by the foreigners, for his grace and courtesy in as- 
sisting them, and his intelligence and zeal in the science of 
geology. During the beautiful A'^olga steamboat excursions 
he will ever be remembered by those who were present for his 
delightful singing of the Russian folk songs, both alone and 
in chorus. One day in St. Petersburg at the morning session 
of the Congress, after the Ural and other ante-session excur- 
sions had finally come to a close, the members were shocked to 
learn of the sudden death of young Spendiarofif. A few days 
afterwards the president, M. Karpinsky, announced the dona- 
tion of his father to found a prize in memory of his son. The 
object was most laudable, but many of the members, including 
H^eckel, feared lest the precedent should be abused by persons 
desirous of securing international notice. 
The committee appointed to determine the method of apply- 
ing this fund has placed it in the Russian treasury to the credit 
of the Russian Geological Survey, and the minister of agricul- 
ture and domains has offered the interest of the 4,000 Rubles 
to the International Geological Congress for a prize to be of- 
fered under such conditions as the congress may choose. 
This relieves the difficulty of any direct dealings between 
the congress and individuals, and avoids the necessity for such 
an organization of the former as would enable it to hold and 
administer funds. On the whole, in its present shape the 
donation may prove beneficial. 
It is amusing to note that Karpinsky, without whom the 
Spendiaroff prize would never have been attached to the Inter- 
national Congress of Geologists, was the first to receive it 
nolens volens, although two sessions of the council were occu- 
pied with his efforts to avoid this honor. 
\'ienna was named as the place of the meeting in 1903. 
On Archibald Geikie's motion, a committee (Geikie chair- 
man, Home. Dawson, Tschernyschew, Sederholm, Ramsay, 
Chamberlin, Brogger, Reusch, de Geer, Hogrom, Barrois.) 
was appointed to secure more uniformity in the relative studies 
of the coast lines of the northern hemisphere — and another 
(Credner and v. Zittel. Mojsisovics. von Mojsvar, Tietze, 
Geikie, Teall. Renard, Walcott, Chamberlin, Barrois, de Lap- 
perent, Capellini, Karpinsky, Alexis, Pavlow, Brogger, Renev- 
ier,) to ascertain in what direction international cooperation 
in geological investigations is most required. 
