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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



THE PEOGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF 

 WASHINGTON. 



It is natural that the Carnegie In- 

 stitution should claim frequent atten- 

 tion in a monthly report on the prog- 

 ress of science. Never before has there 

 been an attempt on so large a scale 

 to stimulate scientific research. The 

 Royal Society of London; the Acad- 

 emies of Sciences of Paris, Berlin, 

 Vienna, St. Petersburg and Rome ; 

 The Royal Institution of London, and 

 the Smithsonian Institution, combined, 

 do not have an income approaching 

 that of the Carnegie Institution, nor 

 have they the same freedom in the dis- 

 position of their funds. The third 

 year book of the institution, which has 

 just been published, is consequently a 

 document of great interest to all those 

 who concern themselves with the ad- 

 vancement of science. An artificial in- 

 terest is further given to the annual 

 report because the officers have 

 hitherto followed the policy of not 

 announcing until the end of the 

 year their grants and appointments. 

 An exception was of course made in 

 the case of the president elected at the 

 December meeting of the trustees to 

 succeed Dr. Oilman ; and we have 

 already congratulated the institution 

 and the research work of the country 

 on the appointment of Professor R. S. 

 Woodward, of Columbia University, to 

 this important position. 



It appears from the financial state- 

 ment in the year-book that the dis- 

 bursements for grants last year 

 amounted to $267,232; for publication 

 to $11,590, and for administration to 

 $26,957. A reserve fund is being ac- 

 cumulated, $196,957 having been in- 

 vested in railway bonds and there be- 

 ing a cash balance of $461,902. Ap- 

 propriations have, however, been made 



for the current year that will exceed 

 the income. They are as follows: 



Reserve fund $ 50,000 



Publication fund, to be continuously 



available 40,<00 



Administration 50,000 



Grants for departments and large pro- 

 jects 310,000 



Grants for miscellaneous researches 168,000 



The most important project under- 

 taken by the institution last year was 

 the establishment of a department of 

 experimental biology. Dr. Charles B. 

 Davenport, of the University of 

 Chicago, was appointed director of a 

 Station for Experimental Evolution at 

 Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, and 



Seal of the Carnegie Institution. 



Dr. Alfred G. Mayer, of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Science, was ap- 

 pointed director of a Marine Biological 

 Laboratory at the Dry Tortugas, 

 Florida. A grant of $34,250 was made 

 to the station at Cold Spring Harbor, 

 and of $20,000 to the laboratory at the 

 Dry Tortugas. 



We reproduce illustrations showing 

 the buildings of these laboratories and 

 the yacht built for the southern sta- 

 tion. A grant of $40,000 was made 

 for tropical Pacific exploration, but it 

 seems that Mr. Agassiz preferred to 



