International Geological Congress. 283 
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL 
CONGRESS. 
Seventh Session, Russia, 1897. 
SECOND CIRCULAR. 
As a supplement to our first circular, sent in the spring of 1896, we 
have the honor of submitting to you the following details concerning 
the duration of the 7th session of the International Congress at St. Pe- 
tersburg, and the excursions that it is proposed to organize before and 
after the session. 
The sessions of the Congress will take place at St. Petersburg from 
the 17th (29) of August to the 22d of August (4th of September) in the 
building of the Imperial Academy of Science. In regard to the pro- 
gramme occupying the time of the Congress, the committee of organi- 
zation has placed itself in communication with the president and secre- 
tary of the permanent committee, established by the session at Lundon, 
and charged with the duty of preparing the questions that it will be 
desirable to submit for discussion. As soon as the programme shall be 
definitely determined upon we shall take care to address it, by circular, 
to all the geologists. 
As we have already had occasion to say in our first circular, a special 
hall will be assigned to all the exhibits of catalogues, maps, profiles, 
editions, collections, etc. The committee of organization, after an un- 
derstanding with the Minister of Finance, takes pleasure in announcing 
that all the objects intended for exhibition bearing the address, " Rus- 
sia, St. Petersburg Exposition of the International Geological Congress." 
without having been submitted to any customs inspection on the front- 
ier, can come to St. Petersburg, where they will be unpacked in the 
presence of persons designated by the committee. To facilitate the 
formalities of viseing the passpoi-ts of geologists coming to the Congress, 
the committee of organization has placed itself in communication with 
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has instructed all the Russian con- 
suls in foreign countries to ameliorate, in favor of each of the geologists 
who participate, the formalities of the vise on the presentation of the 
membership card of the Congress. At the passage of the frontier it 
will suffice to exhibit the same card to the employes of the custom 
house, who have been ordered to facilitate as much as possible the form- 
alities of the custom house. 
All geologists who shall have paid the amount of their membership 
fee will receive a personal ticket giving them the right to gratuitous 
first-class transportation over the Russian and Finland railroads. Tak- 
ing into consideration that these tickets must be prepared and forwarded 
in time, the Committee of organization begs those persons desirous of 
taking part in the Congress to pay their membership fee before the 1.3th 
<27th) of March of the present year. 
The membership fee giving the right to participation in the Congress 
has been fixed at 5 rouble8=- 10 mark8=:12 franc8-=10 shillings. This 
