112 The American Geologist. February. 1902. 
relating to the general questions suggested by the Congress 
not to exceed one page in the volume. M. Karpinsky pre- 
sents the report of the Spendiaroff commission which is 
printed. It gives the regulations by the minister of agricul- 
ture amd domain governing this gift. The 4,000 roubls are 
to be invested in the Russian sinking fund; the interest ac- 
cumulating between two sessions of the Congress is to be ap- 
plied to purchasing a prize to be known as the Leonide Spendi- 
aroff prize. The management of the interest shall devolve 
upon the Russian Geological Survey or, in case of its aboli- 
tion, to the department of the government which shall have 
charge of the geological works of the empire. The Inter- 
national Congress of Geologists shall propose the subjects 
for competition and award the prize. No change in the con- 
ditions shall be made without the consent of M. Spendiaroff 
or his heirs etc., III. M. Karpinsky was selected by the’ 
bureau acting as jury to be the first recipient of the Inter- 
national Spendiaroff prize. IV. M. Karpinsky is forced to 
take the Spendiaroff prize. V. Vienna is selected as the place 
of meeting of the Congress, 1903. A proposition of M. Cham- 
berlin was politely declined. M. Karpinsky reported the 
progress in Russia toward including instruction in geology 
in the nigher classes of the schools. M. Karpinsky, Tietze, 
de Lapparent, and Tschernyschew discussed the floating in- 
stitute proposed by the last congress. The view seemed to be 
that it was impracticable. The subject was referred to the 
comniittee to perfect the works of the Congress. VI. Com- 
mittee to effectuate international geological investigations and 
to perfect the work of the congress was named. A. Geikie 
(Chairman), Teall, Credner, Zittel, Mojsisovics, von Mojsvar, 
Tietze, Renard, Chamberlin, Walcott, Ch. Barrois, de Lappar- 
ent, Capellini, Brogger, Karpinsky, Pavlow, Renevier. A 
committee was appointed on motion of M. Oehlert to republish 
photographically the types of fossil species before the next 
session of the congress. Pavlow, Tschernyschew, Choffat, 
Lindstr6m, Lorriol, Chairman V. Zittel. The Spendiaroff jury 
was announced to consist of M. Bertrand, A. Geikie, Kar- 
pinsky, Tschernyschew, Zirkel, v. Zittel. VII. Functions of 
the Bureau of the Congress re-affirmed and defined. 
