670 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



was especially desired. For the sum of twelve francs annual- 

 ly members are to be admitted to all its privileges, including 

 a copy of the proceedings. The first sessions of the congress 

 were especially devoted to Japanese studies, while the oth- 

 ers were occupied with questions of interest to Orientalists in 

 general, and the selection of some point outside of France for 

 the meeting of the next year's congress. Circular of Leon 

 de Mos7iy. 



FUND rOK SCIENTIFIC EESEARCH. 



A very important movement has been set on foot in En- 

 gland to promote the application of a portion of the vast in- 

 come at the disposal of the old universities of Oxford and 

 Cambridge to the ])romotion of scientific research, rather than, 

 as it is now, in the form of fellowships given as a reward for 

 literary or scientific excellence already attained, and involv- 

 ing no duties nor need for further work. It is maintained 

 that the promotion of original research was one of the objects 

 for which the universities were originally founded, but which 

 has so long been almost entirely lost sight of. Among the 

 prominent supporters of the movement are Sir B. C. Brodie, 

 Bart. ; Professor Rolleston ; Professor Seeley ; the Rev. Mark 

 Pattison, rector of Lincoln College, Oxford ; Dr. Carpenter ; 

 Dr. Burdon Sanderson, etc. 



SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPHIC ENGINEERS. 



A new society has lately been established in London 

 " The Society of Telegraph Engineers " which promises to 

 occupy in science, to some extent, the place that Avas at one 

 time held by the London Electrical Society, but, of course, 

 with the wider range of labors imposed by the vast extension 

 and social importance of electric science. The society num- 

 bers among its members all the prominent electricians of 

 Great Britain, and its publications are of high scientific and 

 practical importance. The discussions that are held at its 

 meetings are partaken in by such men as Siemens, Latimer 

 Clark, Culley,Varley, Preece, Sabine,Walker, Webber, Wheat- 

 stone, Winter, and others. The extensive and thorough sci- 

 entific knowledge thus brought to bear upon the most difti- 

 cult problems in electrical science gives great value and in- 

 terest to the meetings of the society. 



