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The Permian basin of Autun. The volcanic "massif" of the Chaume 
near Igornay, costing about 160 francs, extending from Aug. 29 to 
Sept. 8. 
16. Ill Picardic, under the guidance of Gosselet Cayeux and La- 
driere. Will visit the Cretaceous phosphates and the Quarternary 
Limons of the north of France, between Sept. 3 and Sept. 8, at an ap- 
proximate cost of 80 francs. 
ly. Caverns of the region of the Causscs, directed by E. A. Alar- 
tel. Will see the principal caves discovered and explored in 1888, with 
a speleologic study. Approximate cost 150 francs. Extending from 
Aug. 29 to Sept. 4. 
18. Massif of Montagne-Noire, under the guidance of Bergeron ; 
will study the succession of the paleozoic strata from the primordial 
fauna of the Cambrian to the Permian and the metamorphism and 
tectonique of this series, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, with a cost of about 
180 francs. 
IQ. Sedimentary terranes of the Pyrenees, under the direction of 
L. Cayeux. The Devonian, Carboniferous, upper Cretaceous and the 
Nummulitic will come under review. Glaciers; eruptive rocks of 
Cretaceous age; succession and tectonique of the Jurassic formations of 
Haute Garonne, of Foix and of Corbieres, extending from Aug. 30 to 
Sept. 8, with several proposed variations, costing about 200 francs. 
20. The Lower Province, under the direction of Marcel Berlrand, 
Vasseur and Ziircher, will see the normal Triassic series of Toulon; 
the succession at Beausset, of Sainte-Beaume; the tluvio-lacustrine 
Cretaceous and Tertiary, approximate cost 150 francs. 
The above prices include only expense after reaching the 
point of starting, which sometimes is on the Atlantic coast 
or on the Mediterranean. The expense of going from and to 
Paris must therefore be added. But the railroads have granted 
half-fare rates to the members of these excursions. The total 
expense will also be diminished by the amount paid in advance 
as above noted. 
Later circulars giving further information in detail will 
be sent only to those who inscribe themselves as members of 
the Congress, paying the required fee. 
The excursions organized by the Committee of the Con- 
gress are of two sorts, general and special. To the former 
subscription is open to the greatest number possible. The 
others are reserved to specialists, and no more than twenty 
can take part in any one of them. They have been grouped 
in several series, before, during and after the Congress, in or- 
der that those who desire may participate in two or three of 
them. Further, the conductors of some of the excursions arc 
willing to make them a second time in case of the applica- 
tion of too large a number for the regular occasion. 
These well-considered and wise provisions will conmiend 
themselves to geologists who attend the Congress, and will 
serve to correct some of the irregularities and abuses which 
were connected with the last Congress. 
Aside frpm the general sessions of the Congress, the or- 
ganizing committee will propose that there be sections as 
follows: 
