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The followino- are among the lectures to be delivered at tlie Eoyal Institution 

 before Easter. On Fridays, at 9 p.m. :— Jan. 21, Sir John Lubbock on Buds and 

 Stipules ; Jan. 28, Prof. Lloyd ISIorgan on Instinct and Intelligence in Animals ; 

 Feb. 18, Prof L. C. Miall, A Yorkshire Moor ; March 18, Mr Jas. Mansergh, The 

 briuwino- of Water to Birmingham from the Welsh Moimtains : a series on " The 

 Simplest Living Things " will be delivered by Prof. E. Ray Lankester on the 

 following Tuesdays at 3 r.>[. :— Jan. 18, 25 ; Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 ; ^March 1, 8, 15, 

 22, and 29. 



The State Museum, Vienna, received the following collections during 1896 : — 

 Eppelsheim collection of C'oleoptera, including more than 2000 species or 26,000 

 specimeus-of Staphyliuidae ; the Gustav Mayr collestion of Hemiptera, including 

 1350 species or 5500 specimens ; the Bergenstamm collection of Diptera, includ- 

 ing 3000 species or 45,000 specimens ; the Steindachner collection of fish, chiefly 

 from the Red Sea, 3400 specimens representing 702 species. The collection of 

 geological photographs in this Museum then numbered 1892, while the ethno- 

 graphic photographs were 5477. 



The New York State Science Teachers' Association held its second annual 

 meeting at Ithaca on December 30 and 31. The following papers were read and 

 discussed : — " Physical Laboratory Work in Secondary Schools," by Miss Mary E. 

 Dann of the Girls' High School, Brooklyn ; " The Use of the Lantern in Science 

 Teaching," by the President, Professor Nichols ; " The Teaching of Botany in 

 Secondary Schools," by Professor L. M. Underwood of Columbia University ; and 

 " Out-door Science Work in Secondary Schools," by Princii>al F. A. Vogt of 

 Buffalo. The afternoon discussions were held on science teaching in Schools and 

 Colleges. 



An International Exhibition of Photographic Apparatus and Photographs, 

 organised by the Royal Photographic Society, will open at the Crystal Palace on 

 April 27th. In addition to the usual displays of pictures, the leading firms, 

 manufacturers and dealers will be largely represented. There will also be 

 extensive loan collections, illustrating not only the history of photography, Init 

 its scientific and commercial applications, photo-mechanical processes, photograj^hs 

 in colours, photographs by means of the X-rays, and kindred exhibits. The 

 arrangements are in the hands of a joint committee of members of the Society 

 and exhibitors. 



There has, says La Feuillc dcs Jeunes Naturalistes, lately been formed la 

 Societe pour la diffusion des Sciences physiques et naturelles et de leurs apjjlica- 

 tions, specially intended for the cultivation of natural science in schools through 

 the establishment of school museums by means of — 1, Gratuitous determination of 

 objects of natural history ; 2, publication of exchange-lists ; 3, the establishment 

 of a library of scientific works to be lent gratuitously to its members ; 4, the sale 

 of teaching collections at a cheap rate ; 5, the publication of a journal containing 

 special communications, and questions, and correspondence from its members. 

 The Secretary is J. Courjault, Saint-Genis (Charente Inf.). 



The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science began its seventh 

 session at Sydney on January 6. Prof. Liversidge combined the office of 

 president and general secretary. The following are the names of some of the 

 presidents of sections and the titles of their addresses : — Prof. F. W. Hutton, of 

 Geology and Mineralogy, " Early Life on the Earth " ; Sir James Hector, of 

 Geography " Submarine Geography " ; A. W. Howitt, of Ethnology and Anthro- 

 pology, " On the Origin of the Aborigines of Tasmania and Australia" ; R. M. 

 Johnston, of Economic Science and Agriculture, " The comparative share of con- 

 sumable wealth actually appropriated or absorbed )jy the various agencies 



