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and may be sent to the treasurers, Dr. P. L. Sclater and Professor 

 S. J. Hickson at 3 Hanover Square, London, W. The Zoological 

 Society of London has itself contributed £100. In connection 

 with this Congress, a very successful meeting of representatives from 

 natural history and scientific societies in the north of England was 

 held in Manchester on the 16th of February. 



The British Association will meet in Bristol during the week 

 beginning 7th September, under the presidency of Sir William 

 Crookes. The local secretaries, Mr Arthur Lee and Dr Bertram 

 Eogers, have already made several arrangements. The reception 

 rooms are to be in the Victoria Booms, Clifton ; the public lectures 

 will be given in the large Colston Hall ; while the sections will 

 meet in rooms provided by the Museum Committee, University 

 College, the Society of Merchant Venturers, the Charity Trustees, 

 the Bishop of Clifton, and others. There will be a picture exhibi- 

 tion, with a military band, in the Drill Hall. More scientific in its 

 interest is a biological exhibit being organised by Mr E. J. Lowe, 

 Dr Harrison, and Prof. Lloyd Morgan at the Zoological Gardens, 

 (Jlifton. The excursions promise to be exceedingly interesting, 

 since they will include Aust Cliff with its well-known section of 

 Lias, Ehaetic, and Trias ; Tortworth with its Silurian beds ; Stanton 

 Drew, with its megalithic remains ; the Cheddar Cliffs and Caves, 

 the sources of the Bristol water supply ; the Severn Tunnel, Cad- 

 bury Camp, Swindon, Avonmouth, Wells, and Glastonbury, where 

 the Mayor of Wells, the Dean and Chapter, and residents will enter- 

 tain the visitors to lunch, and the Mayor of Glastonbury will provide 

 tea in the old Abbot's Kitchen. Other excursions to Salisbury and 

 Stonehenge, Nailsworth and Stroud, Lougleat and Raglan Castle are 

 under discussion. 



The ninth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography 

 will be held at Madrid from April 10 th to 19 th. The sections 

 under which subjects will be discussed are as follows : Microbiology 

 in Relation to Hygiene ; Prophylaxis and Transmissible Disease ; 

 Medical Climatology and Topography ; Urban Hygiene ; Hygiene of 

 Alimentation ; Hygiene of Infancy and of Schools ; Hygiene of Exer- 

 cise and Labour ; Military and Xaval Hygiene ; Veterinary Hygiene, 

 Civil and Military ; Sanitary Architecture and Engineering ; Tech- 

 nics of Demographic Statistics ; Statistical Results in Relation to 

 Demography ; Dynamical Demography (movements of population, 

 etc.). The secretary is Dr Cabanas, the University, Madrid. 



