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Abstract

THE International Geological Congress will hold its seventh session at St. Petersburg at the end of August next year, under the acting presidency of Dr. A. Karpinsky, and with the Grand Duke Constantine as honorary president. The session will continue about a week, and the proceedings of the Congress will not be divided into sections, as at Zürich, but will be devoted chiefly to the discussion of broad principles. Extended excursions are announced, the most important being to the Ural Mountains before, and to the Caucasus after, the meeting at St. Petersburg. Shorter excursions have also been arranged to Finland and elsewhere. Geologists who propose to attend this meeting should send notice of the excursions in which they wish to participate, before next October, to the General Secretary of the Congress. The Emperor of Russia has decided, on the favourable report of the Minister of Public Ways, to grant to all geologists duly enrolled for the meeting, free first-class railway tickets during their sojourn in Russia.