666 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



have the privilege of visiting the historical locality in which 

 they are at present disi^layed. House Bill^ 3453. 



NATIONAL PHOTOGKAPHIC INSTITUTE. 



Among other bills lately presented to Congress was one for 

 the establishment of a National Photographic Institute, which 

 provides for the establishment of such an organization in 

 Philadelphia, where the entire theory and practice of the 

 photographic art is to be taught by competent professors, 

 under the direction of the National Photographic Association 

 of the United States. The bill also provides that the sum 

 of $30,000 shall be appropriated for the purchase of a suitable 

 building and apparatus, but that the institution shall be self- 

 supporting, and only such fees shall be paid by the students 

 as shall meet the actual expenses. House JBill^ 3752. 



NATIONAL INVITATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL 



CONGRESS. 



Among the resolutions adopted by Congress at its last 

 session was one authorizing the President to invite the Inter- 

 national Statistical Congress to hold its next, or ninth, session 

 in the United States. The invitation is to be formal and 

 cordial, and it is provided that, should this be accepted, the 

 President is authorized to appoint the usual organization 

 commission, and to take the other preliminary and necessary 

 steps for the meeting of this body, and for holding its session 

 at such time as may be deemed expedient by the Statistical 

 Congress. We believe these sessions are biennial, the last 

 having been held during the summer of 1872 at St. Peters- 

 burg. 



BENEVOLENT ENDOWMENT IN THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. 



For the purpose of aiding in the permanent investment of 

 funds destined for scientific, educational, and charitable pur- 

 poses. Senator Sherman has lately introduced a bill into the 

 Senate authorizing the Treasurer of the United States to re- 

 ceive sums of money, not less than five hundred dollars at a 

 time, to be placed to the credit of any orphan asylum, hos- 

 pital, or other institution for charitable purposes, or for the 

 encouragement of learning, mechanics, or the fine arts. A 

 certificate is to be issued for this sum, and interest to be paid 



