140 'The Iniernalional Congress of Geologists. 
in place of that withdrawn by him, and previously forming a part of 
Prof. Winchell's report on the Lower Paleozoic. The form, title-page 
and make-up of the volume containing all the reports in print (of which 
the editor, Dr. Frazer, presented a sample for inspection) were approved. 
A letter was read from major Powell resigning his membership on the 
committee, but action thereon was deferred till further correspondence 
be had by the chairman with major Powell. 
The committee, in directing the publication of these reports, did not 
intend to assume, collectively, responsibility for opinions or conclusions 
expressed by the writers. The reports were accepted and published as 
the best available expression of American opinion at the time of publi- 
cation. 
Mr. Walcott declined to furnish the memoir requested, but a summary 
of his latest ^'iews, prepared by himself, has been embodied in the re- 
port on the Lower Paleozoic. 
Resumes of the several reports, each prepared by the author of the 
report, have been forwarded to professor Dewalque, secretary of the 
International Committee on the unification of nomenclature, and have 
been by him translated into French and forwarded to Mr. William 
Topley, general secretary of the committee on organization of the con- 
gress. Mr. Topley has also received the consent of the American com- 
mitte to have an edition of 750 copies of the American reports printed 
from the forms at Philadelphia, foi publication as "Appendix A" of the 
volume of the proceedings of the Congress. It was also ordered by the 
American committee that any of its members should have permission to 
order anj' number of extra copies of any part or the whole of the report 
of the American committee, at his own expense, provided they be left in 
the custody of the secretary till the meeting of the Congress. 
At the late meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, at Cleveland, a report of the labors of the committee 
preparatory to the London Congress was presented. The report also 
stated that the next Congress had been invited by the committee and by 
numerous educational and scientific institutions to meet in America 
at its next session. This report was accepted and the committee was 
continued. 
All of the expenses of the committee, including the publishing of its 
report, have been paid by vohmtary subscriptions of its own members 
and some liberal citizens of the countrv. 
