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University of Montpellier ; Sir Swire Smith ; Dr. Armand Thevenin of the Sor- 

 bonne, President of the Geological Society of France in 1914 — died as a result of 

 his experiments on poisonous gases ; H. Vidal de la Blache, Professor of Geo- 

 graphy at the Sorbonne, and co-Director of the " Annales de Geographic" 



It is stated in Science that the Carnegie Corporation has presented McGill 

 University with |i,coo,ooo in recognition of the institution's "devoted service and 

 sacrifice towards Canada's part in the war." 



The Annual Meeting of the British Association, arranged to be held at Cardiff 

 next September, has been cancelled. 



Further particulars are now available of the British Scientific Products Exhibi- 

 tion which, as announced last quarter, is being organised by the British Science 

 Guild. It is to be held at King's College, London, in July or September, probably 

 during the latter month. It will include all those " products and appliances of 

 scientific and industrial interest which, prior to the war, were obtained chiefly 

 from enemy countries, but are now produced in the United Kingdom," the 

 chief purpose of the Exhibition being "to make clear the necessity of Scientific 

 Research with respect to the application of its results in the arts and industries ; 

 and, further, to display to the public and to those intimately concerned how much 

 has been successfully achieved in this regard since the advent of the war in the 

 production of articles of prime importance not only for the home, but also for 

 foreign markets hitherto manufactured in or imported from other countries." It is 

 proposed to arrange the exhibits in the following sections : chemical products and 

 processes, thermal, electrical, photographic and surgical and medical appliances ; 

 optical apparatus, glass, quartz, refractories, etc., measuring instruments, papers, 

 textile specialities, and, finally, a section dealing with the exploitation of British 

 natural products. His Majesty the King has graciously extended his patronage 

 to the Exhibition ; the Marquess of Crewe is President, and there is a notable 

 list of Vice-Presidents, including the Premier. Prof. R. A. Gregory is Chairman 

 of the Exhibition Committee, and Mr. F. S. Spiers, 82, Victoria Street, S.W. 1, 

 the Organising Secretary. The success of the Exhibition will, of course, largely 

 depend on the co-operation of the manufacturing interests involved ; it is to be 

 hoped that they will rise to the occasion, more especially as similar exhibitions 

 were held successfully last year both in France and America. 



The Treasurers of the Ramsay Memorial Fund announce that they have now 

 collected over ,£32,000 towards the total of ,£100,000 for which an appeal was 

 issued. It is anticipated that a considerable sum will be received in the course of 

 the next few months from the Overseas Committees which have been formed in 

 the principal British Dominions, Colonies and Dependencies, and in the principal 

 allied and neutral countries. The first country to complete its collection and to 

 send in its report is Japan, where Prof. Sakurai, of the University of Tokyo, has 

 collected 3927.50 yen (approximately ,£400). No definite decisions have yet been 

 reached in the countries concerned with regard to the proposed Ramsay Memorial 

 Fellowships to be held in the United Kingdom by chemists trained in the respec- 

 tive countries, but the proposals are arousing considerable interest especially in 

 the British Dominions. 



At the meeting of the Optical Society, held on February 14, it was decided to 

 form a new class of membership termed " Fellows." These are to be elected 

 from the members by the Council, which will from time to time decide the 

 necessary qualification. This will always be such as shall, in their opinion, tend 

 to make the Fellowship of the Society an indication of ability in one or other of 

 the branches of optics or the arts and sciences relating thereto. It should be 



