664 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



story of tlie building to stores, the rents of which would fur- 

 nish a certain amount of endowment for the establishment. 

 San Francisco Weekly Bulletin^ February 21, 1873. 



THE JAMES LICK DONATION TO THE CALIFOENIA ACADEMY 



OF SCIENCES. 



We have already mentioned the provisional donation to 

 the California Academy of Sciences, by Mr. James Lick, of a 

 valuable lot in San Francisco, and the conditions under which 

 it was to be transferred. The lot, which is 80 by 275 feet, is 

 situated at the corner of Fourth and Market Streets, and is 

 extremely valuable ; but the condition that, unless a very ex- 

 pensive building be erected upon it within a very limited pe- 

 riod, the lot is to revert to its owner, detracts very much 

 from the positive value of the gift, as it has been considered 

 impossible to secure the necessary means within the time 

 mentioned. More recently, however, a new deed has been 

 issued by Mr. Lick, by which ten years are allowed to the 

 Academy, after taking possession, for the erection of the 

 building. This must be of brick, at least three stories high, 

 suitably ornamented, and to contain rooms for a library, a 

 museum, and a lecture-hall. The deed further stipulates that 

 the property must not be encumbered nor allowed to be sold 

 for taxes, that the property shall not be alienated during the 

 lifetime of any of the existing members, and shall never be 

 leased nor occupied for any religious or political purpose, 

 though this restriction is not to be applied to subjects of a 

 scientific, artistic, or literary nature. Should these provisions 

 be violated, the property reverts to the state, which is an ad- 

 ditional security that it will be maintained pei'iDetually in the 

 Academy. 



woodward's gardens in SAN FRANCISCO. 



Among the various public gardens and museums in the 

 United States, that of R. B. Woodward, in San Francisco, 

 known as " Woodward's Gardens," occupies a very prominent 

 position, being familiar to all the inhabitants of the Pacific 

 States, as Avell as to visitors from the East. This was estab- 

 lished some years ago by Mr. Woodward, the founder of the 

 What Cheer House of San Francisco, and has rapidly grown 

 to be really a very meritorious and admirable establishment. 



