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Lieutenant Franklin Swift, U. S. N., 

 commanding officer of the Albatross: 

 Cloiulsley Riitter, naturalist of the 

 Albat7-oss: A. B. Alexander, fishery- 

 expert of the Albatross : and J. Nelson 

 Wisner, superintendent of fish cultural 

 stations of the U. S. Fish Commission. 

 The council of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science 

 has nominated the Right Hon. Arthur 

 James Balfour to the office of president 

 for the Cambridge meeting in 1904. 

 Tney further agreed to recommend to 

 the association the acceptance of the 

 invitation to South Africa for the year 

 1905. 



The American Philosophical Society 

 held at Philadelphia a general meeting 

 on April 2, 3 and 4. Numerous papers 

 were presented, including an address 

 on the early work of the society by 

 Dr. Edgar F. Smith, the president, and 

 one on ' The Carnegie Institution dur- 

 ing the first year of its development,' 

 by President Daniel C. Oilman. The 

 sessions were held in the hall of the 

 society. Luncheon was served to mem- 

 bers on each day; there was a reception 

 to members and ladies accompanying 

 them on Thursday evening, and visit- 

 ing members were the guests of resi- 

 dent members at dinner on Friday 

 evening. — The annual stated session of 

 the National Academy of Sciences be- 

 gan at Washington on April 21. — The 

 spring meeting of the council of tlic 

 American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science was held at Washing- 

 ton on April 23. 



The administrative board appointed 



to organize and conduct the interna- 

 tional congresses to be held in connec- 

 tion with the World's Fair in St. Louis 

 in 1904, met on March 11 at the New 

 York offices of the exhibition. There 

 were present President Butler, of 

 Columbia University, chairman; Presi- 

 dent Harper, University of Chicago; 

 Presideut Jesse, University of Mis- 

 souri; Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian 

 of Congress, and Frederick W. Holls, 

 member of The Hague Tribunal. The 

 board met to consider the report of 

 the committee on the Congress of Arts 

 and Science, which had been in session 

 the two preceding davs. The members 

 of the committee met with the board. 

 They are: Professor Simon Newcomb, 

 Washington, chairman; Professor Hugo 

 Miinsterberg, Harvard University, and 

 Professor Albion W. Small, University 

 of Chicago. Mr. Howard J. Rogers, 

 director of congresses, was also pres- 

 ent. There is to be a ' Congress of 

 Arts and Science,' with 128 sections. 

 The board adjourned to meet in St. 

 Louis on April 29. — The Swedish gov- 

 ernment has appropriated $20,000 for 

 the publication of the scientific results 

 of Dr. Sven Hedin s journey through 

 central Asia. The work will comprise 

 an atlas of two large volumes, while a 

 third volume will contain Dr. Hedin's 

 report on the geography of the country. 

 Further volumes will be devoted to the 

 meteorological observations, the astro- 

 nomical observations, the geological, 

 botanical and zoological collections, 

 and the Chinese manuscripts and in- 

 scriptions. The work will be published 

 in the i<.nglish language. 



