88 Frazer en Int. Cong, of Geologists. 
y. The scaled envelopes containing the names of the authors 
of the best treatises shall be opened during a general session of 
the Congress, and the names proclaimed. 
8. A diploma of honor will be given by the Committee of 
O ganization to each of the authors of the three best treatises. 
There were six essa3'S received in time prescribed; four in 
French, one in German and French, and one in English. 
The committee of five to examine these essays was composed 
of MM. A. Selwyn, A. Ramsay, F. Giordano, V. de Moeller, 
E. B. de Chancourtois, E. de Mojsisovics, and E. Renevier« 
Selwyn and Ramsay, however, did not attend, so that the jury 
consisted of five members only as had been intended. De 
Chancourtois was elected President. 
None of the essays were adjudged to have fulfilled the con- 
ditions required of presenting a practicable plan. The three 
best works were found to have been presented by ( i ) M. A. 
Heim, of Zurich; (2) M. A. KarjDinsky, of St. Petersburg; (3) 
M. Maillard, of Lausanne. 
These essays are printed in the volume of the proceedings 
of the Bologna session. 
These av/ards were made public at the opening session of 
the Congress, September 26th, 1881, and together with the for- 
mal speeches constituted all the business which was transacted. 
On September 27th various reports of committees, etc., (in- 
cluding one by major Powell from the U. S. Geol. Surv. on 
nomenclature and cartographic representation,) were handed in. 
The word "series" was adopted as a term of division interme- 
diate between system and ^tage by a vote of 52 to 35. 
De Chancourtois presented a memoir accompanied by a table 
on lithologic classification; de Cortazar on geological nomencla- 
tin-e; Mr. Gruner on the geological signification of the word 
" assise." 
September 28th, 1881. The report of the international com- 
mittee on nomenclature was read and discussed. September 
29th. Vilanova's dictionary of geological synonyms was rec- 
ommended to the attention of the Congress by M. Fischer on 
behalf of a committee appointed to consider this question. M. 
Rcnevier presented the report of the international committee 
on geological representation in maps. Berlin was decided upon 
