196 The American GeoUxjist. March, ib95 
headquarters of the Congress are at tlie house of the Koyal 
Geographical Society, 1 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, Lon- 
don, AV. Information in regard to this meeting can be ob- 
tained from the secretaries, J. Scott Keltie and Hugh Robert 
Mill, at the above address. 
The Legislature of the State of WASHiNcrrox is consider- 
ing a bill for the establishment of a state geological survey, 
and a strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the Leg- 
islature to convert it into a topographical survey, under the 
direction of the United States Geological Survc}'. 
A MOST IMPORTANT I'lBLicATioN of the Missouri Geological 
Survey has been issued in a few advanced copies, unbound 
and without the plates and maps. It is by Arthur Winslow 
and J. I). Robertson, on the lead and zinc deposits of Missouri. 
We postpone full review till the work is completed. 
The thiud annlal meeting of the Lake Superior Mining In- 
stitute will be held in Minnesota on the Oth, 7th and 8th of 
March. The members in attendance will be taken over the 
Mesabi and Vermilion iron ranges, and evening meetings will 
be held at Virginia and Tower. Papers will be read hy Dr. 
L. L. Hubbard, state geologist of Michigan; Dr. U. S. Grant, 
assistant state geologist of Minnesota; Mr. F. W.Denton, sec- 
retary of the institute; Mr. Wessinger, master mechanic of 
the Minnesota Iron Company, at Soudan, and others. Mem- 
bers will be present from all })ortions of the lake Superior 
region, and a successful meeting is assured. Some account of 
the papers read will appear in our April number. 
The department of geology and paleontology in Union 
College, Schenectady, New York, which is being organized b}^ 
Prof. Charles S. Prosser, oifers several courses in advanced 
geology. Particular attention is given to the stratigraphic 
geology and paleontology^ of New York state, and during the 
spring and fall terms mucii time is devoted to field work in 
the Mohawk valley and the Helderberg mountain region. As 
New York is the classic state in American geology such 
courses of instruction are well adapted to train students in the 
methods of geological investigation and for professional work. 
Pkof. O. C. Maksh, in the American Journal of Science for 
February, has given an account of the highly interesting me- 
moir by F^ug. Dubois on the remains of what is a veritable 
"missing link" between the higher apes and man. Of the iiew 
form {]^ithec(infln-ojnis ere^/?^^■), which is believed to represent 
a new genus and a new family intermediate between the Siw- 
iidat and the Homini<hi', a skull, a molar tooth and a femur 
have been found in volcanic tufa of later Tertiary age in cen- 
tral Java. In size, brain power, and erect posture, this species 
is much nearer to man than any animal hitherto discovered, 
living or extinct. 
