1898] NEWS 355 



Mr Edouard Foa has travelled across Africa by the basin of the Zambesi, 

 Lake Tanganyika, and the Congo, and has brought back numerous specimens of 

 anthropological interest from the region of the great lakes. 



Dr S. Schonland, the Director of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, left on 

 ^larch 18th for a three or four months' trip to Europe. His address will be : — 

 Per Adr. Herrn Schonland, Frankenhausen (Kyft'h.), Germany. 



The ss. ' Belgica ' with the Belgium Antarctic Expedition has grounded among 

 the group of islands near Cape Horn, in consequence of which Lieut. Gerlache 

 will not proceed further than the Shetland Isles in the Antarctic this year. 



Magdalen College, Oxford, announces that a fellowship in medical science will 

 1)0 given by the college next October. There will be an examination in sciences 

 relating to medicine, and original writings may be submitted by candidates. 



Dr Otto Nordenskiold and Dr Gunnar Andersson, of Stockholm University» 

 with four scientific assistants, left Sweden at the end of March for Klondike, in- 

 tending to be away about two years, and to make athorough scientific exploration 

 of the country. 



Dr Kishinouye, the representative of Japan at the Bergen Fisheries Exhibi- 

 tion, reached London in March from the United States. He has installed the 

 Japanese exhibit at Bergen, and has returned to work at the Natural History 

 Museum, London. 



Mr Krupp of Essen has given 10,000 marks to the Berlin Geographical 

 Society for a gold medal to be awarded yearly for geographical discovery. It is 

 to be called after Gustave Nachtigall, the African explorer, and preference will 

 be given to discoveries on the African continent. 



In recognition of the services rendered to the Zoological Society of Dublin bj- 

 the late Dr Samuel Haughton it is proposed to erect a memorial building in the 

 gardens of the Society. Subscriptions for this purpose may be sent to Prof. D. 

 J. Cunningham, Hon. Sec. to the Koyal Society, Dublin. 



With reference to the resignation of Dr R. Semon, already announced by us, 

 the Ameriam Naturalist remarks: "The monotremes and Ceratodus seem verit- 

 able ' hoodoos.' The material obtained a dozen years ago by Mr Caldwell, aided 

 by Royal Society funds, is lying unused, and with no prospect of being studied." 



Among forthcoming arrangements at the Royal Institution, we notice that on 

 May 6th Mr E. A. Minchin is to lecture at nine o'clock on " Living Ciystals," 

 which those who know Mr Minchin's admirable work will readily interpret as 

 the growth of sponges. On May 21st and 28th, at 3 p.m., Mr J. Arthur Thomson 

 will lecture on " The Biology of Spring." 



Prof. Grimeaux, of the Ecole Polytechniqne, Paris, has been deprived of his 

 jDOst for liaving given evidence at the trial of Zola ; and Dr R. H. Warren, State 

 Zooloo-ist of Pennsylvania, has resigned because his political opinions differ from 

 those of Governor Hastings. Democratic Government does not appear to be 

 favourable to the scientific attitude of mind. 



The following are announced as Presidents of Sections at the forthcoming 

 meeting of the British Association : — Physics, Prof. W. E. Ayrton ; Chemistry, 

 Prof. F. R. Japp ; Geology, Mr W. II. Huddleston ; Biology, Prof. W. F. R. 

 Weldon ; Economics, Dr J. Bonar ; Mechanics, Sir John Wolfe-Barry ; Anthro- 

 pology, E. W. Brabrook ; Botany, Prof. F. 0. Bower. 



The Museum of Nantes has received the addition of a hall sixty metres long. 

 Dr L. Bureau is attempting to display as complete a representation as possible of 

 the fauna, fiora, and geology of the West of France. In this attempt, says La 

 Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, the richness of his collections renders success more 

 than probable. 



