264 The American Geologist. October, 1894 
only to the Zurich session. It was declared by the president approved. 
An invitation from the Geographical Societj of Lisbon was received, 
inviting the congress to meel there in the year 1897, when the discovery 
of a route id the Indies by Vasco da Gama will be celebrated. The 
president remarked thai the council ;it Washington had promised thai 
tlie next congress alter the present one should go to Russia. Dewalque 
wanted to know how one congress could fix the places of the succeeding 
two. Renevier replied that of course this congress can ratify a decision 
of the preceding congress. Col. Delgado, of Portugal, said that the 
offer was not from the Government of Portugal, which would have com- 
municated any such offer through him, whereas he. being absent when 
the communication was sent, knew nothing about it. 
Renevier asked what to do in the case of a so-called geologisl who had 
wished to join the pedestrian tour of Heim and was told that he was 
loo late, as others had been refused, and then wanted his cotisation 
money back. The council, rather staggered that such a petty matter 
should be brought to its notice, murmured various things, and the 
president stated that he should inform the person that the proposition 
was inadmissible, and then added in an audible tone to Prof. Heim. "1 
would not take him anyhow." 
The eternal and unanswered proposition of the marquis de Gregorio to 
found an international geological journal, wastaken up and played with 
for a while, being finally referred to the bibliographical committee. It 
is strange that the marquis, who has seen this project of his similarly 
treated tor nine years, beginning at the congress of Berlin, is the only 
member of the congress who fails to note its amusing features, and ac- 
tually seems to believe that perhaps his grandchildren may see it 
adopted. Naive marquis! 
Professor Heim inquired whether the work sent to Bologna in 
competition for the prize offered by the king of Italy, in 1881, is the 
property of the congress or of the university of Bologna. Capellini said 
the funds were given by the king and that the work should remain in 
Italy, especially as t here is no place of deposit owned by the congress for 
taking care of such objects. Further discussion was postponed and the 
meeting was adjourned. 
The several sections met in the halls provided for them and papers 
were presented as follows: 
Section 1. — Geologie generale. 
Prince l{<il<in<l Bonaparte. — Periodic variations of French glaciers. 
Marshall Hull (read). — Glaciers of New Zealand. 
Van Calker. — Investigation of erratics. 
St. Meunier. Geological energy attributed to ancient glaciers. 
Warren Upham (read). — The Quaternary era audits divisions. 
Charles Tardy. — Perturbations of the magnetic field. 
Allinr/it Penek. — The last dislocation of the Alps. 
Rothplett. — Failles de recouvremenl . 
Oraff. — Peculiar contact relal ions between the crystalline nucleus and 
t he sedimentary covering;. 
