004 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



GERMAN SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY 



IN JAPAN. 



A German Society of Natural History and Anthropology 

 for East Asia has completed its first year of existence. Its 

 head-quarters is at Tokio, in Japan, and it numbers fifty-two 

 members viz., twenty in Tokio, twenty-three in Yokohama, 

 seven in Hiogo, and two in Singapore. The German Minis- 

 ter for Japan is its president, and Dr. Miiller vice-president. 

 It has already published a volume of proceedings, containing 

 much interesting matter on the subjects for the furtherance 

 of the study of which it was founded. 



INTERNATIONAL. EXPOSITION IN CHILE. 



An international exposition is to be opened at Santiago, 

 Chile, on the 10th day of September, 1875, and the articles 

 designed for exhibition are to be arranged in four sections. 

 First, natural products in the crude state ; second, machin- 

 ery ; third, manufactured articles ; fourth, fine arts. A spe- 

 cial section is to be devoted to public instruction. Applica- 

 tions for space must reach Santiago by the 1st of January, 

 1875. 



AID TO INVESTIGATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 



A noteworthy example of aid to scientific investigations 

 has been given by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 

 in the grant of 100 to Professor De Bary, formerly of the 

 University at Halle, and now of the University of Strasburg, 

 for a new series of investigations upon the nature of potato 

 disease. Professor De Bary was also the recipient of a prize 

 of 100 from Lord Cathcart for investigations upon this sub- 

 ject. His work in this line of research has extended through 

 a number of years, and is of great scientific as well as prac- 

 tical value. 



FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT TO BALLOON ASCENTS. 



The French Association for the Advancement of Science 

 has voted to M. De Fonvielle a sum of money, to encourage 

 him to recommence his course of systematic balloon ascents. 

 De Fonvielle intends to study the direction which it is possi- 

 ble to give to a balloon by varying the altitude, in order to 



