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years done such work in advancing sanitary science or in promoting public 

 health as in the opinion of the College deserves special recognition. 



The structural alterations which have to be made at the Imperial Institute 

 in order to provide a home for the University of London will cost ,£7000. The 

 Treasury minute showed, among other arrangements detailed in it, that the 

 Government would pay off the mortgage of £40,000 on the Institute building, 

 and also discharge the floating debt of £15,000. This accounts for £62,000 of 

 the vote of £65,000 which was agreed to. The remaining £3000 is for 

 the half-year's maintenance and repairs, with fuel, lighting, and necessary 

 furniture. 



Dr. Henry Woodward of the British Museum (Natural History) has been 

 granted an additional term of service for two years by the Treasury. This 

 dates from October next, and is the second time Dr. Woodward has been so 

 privileged. 



The glazing of the great sauria in the gallery of fossil reptiles at the British 

 Museum (Natural History) is now fast approaching completion. The space 

 gained by the alteration made in this gallery is considerable, and with the 

 exception of the upper four feet no trouble is caused by the reflection of light. 

 Some slight alteration of the blinds will no doubt easily make the whole perfect. 

 Below the frames of sauria is a bare space of some few feet, and this we 

 presume will be utilised for table cases in the early future. 



The Geologists' Association of London issued the usual annual pamphlet in 

 connection with the long excursion to Derbyshire. This consisted of advance 

 copies of the number of the Proceedings which will be issued at the end 

 of the month, and forms one of a series of valuable treatises on the local 

 geology of this county. The district dealt with includes the north and north- 

 west portions of Derbyshire, and roughly coincides with the whole of the High 

 Peak Division and the northern half of the Western Division of the county. 

 The subjects included are mountain limestone, Yoredale rocks, millstone grit, 

 sands and fire-clays, glacial drift, infas, igneous rocks, and there is a special 

 chapter on petrology. Mr. H. H. Arnold Bemrose is author, and was also 

 principal director of the excursion ; the pamphlet can be had from the secretary 

 for the usual eighteenpence. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Dear Sir — I shall be glad if you will correct an impression which may be 

 conveyed by a partial quotation from the evidence of the Select Committee of 

 the Cape Parliament on Trawling, and appearing in a recent number of your 

 valuable paper. The full quotation is : " the evidence " (i.e. of the fishermen 

 examined) " has shown that we know absolutely nothing about the spawn of 

 the fish, or very little."— Yours truly, J. G. F. Gilchrist. 



Department of Agriculture, Cape of Good Hope, 

 Cape Town, 21st June 1899. 



[We regret that our colleague who reviewed the paper referred to appears 

 to have misunderstood the sentence. — Ed. Nat Sci.] 



