1894. NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, ETC. 315 



Gerstenberg Studentship, worth about ;^9o a year, will be awarded next May, on 

 the results of an examination in Psychology and Logic, beginning on May 21. 

 Candidates must have obtained honours in one part of the Natural Sciences Tripos, 

 and have entered into residence before April, 1888. The student elected is required 

 to devote himself to mental or moral philosophy. Guy's Hospital announce 

 that two open scholarships in science, of the value of ;^i,5o and ;^6o, will be 

 examined for in September next ; particulars may be obtained from the Dean of the 

 Hospital. 



Among appointments to be filled up we note the following : — An Assistant- 

 Lectureship in Agriculture at the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 A practical acquaintance with agriculture is necessary, and a special knowledge of 

 animal anatonjy and physiology desirable. The stipend is /'150 per annum, with a 

 share of certain fees. Applications and testimonials must be sent on or before April 6 

 to the Secretary, Mr. H. F. Stockdale, from whom further particulars may be 

 obtained. 



For many years the idea of a Free Local Museum to illustrate the Natural 

 History, Archasology, etc., of the district of Epping Forest has been advocated by 

 those interested in the subject, and especially by the members of the Essex Field 

 Club. The Epping Forest Committee of the Corporation of London having 

 carefully preserved the old building known as Queen Elizabeth's Lodge at Ching- 

 ford, they will be approached with a view to the housing and arranging 

 of the proposed collection in the Banqueting Hall of the Lodge. The district 

 that the promoters propose to illustrate is, roughly speaking, that bounded by 

 the Northern and Eastern Railway on the west, and the London and Ongar 

 Railway on the east ; and is about sixteen miles long by four wide. The Essex 

 Field Club are willing to undertake the gathering of specimens, as well as the 

 curatorial work necessary for the proper arrangement of the collection. A general 

 meeting was held, in Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, on the 24th February, to consider 

 the question. The Rev. A. F. Russell (Rector of Chingford) was in the chair, 

 and speeches were made by Professor C. Stewart, Mr. J. E. Harting, Professor 

 Meldola, Mr. Howard Saunders, Professor Boulger and other well-known natura- 

 lists. From a letter we have received from Mr. W. Cole, the Hon. Sec. to the 

 Essex Field Club, we learn that the Conservators have given the Club provisional 

 permission to place specimens in the room ; but that it will be necessary to 

 raise a small fund before the Conservators can be approached for full permission 

 to carry out the proposed Museum. It is estimated that the sum of ^^300 would 

 enable the committee to provide the necessary cases, cabinets, and museum 

 appliances, and, considering the excellence of the idea, this money should be easily 

 obtained. Those who desire to help the committee in furthering the educational 

 value of this delightful forest should communicate with Mr. Cole at Buckhurst 

 Hill. 



We learn from the Daily News that the Geological Department of the British 

 Museum has recently been enriched by over three hundred fine specimens of fossil 

 plants, from the Coal-measures of Somerset, collected by the late Jas. M'Murtrie 

 of Radstock. The same institution has been presented by the Governors of 

 Cheltenham Hospital with the skeleton that belonged to a young Chimpanzee 

 {Troglodytes niger), from Angola, which was dissected by Dr Edward Tyson and 

 described in his work " Orang-ojttang, sivc Homo Sylvestris; or the Anatomy of a 

 Pigmie compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape and a Man." This, the first 

 account of any man-like ape that could pretend to scientific accuracy or com- 

 pleteness, was published by the Royal Society in 1699. 



The town of Macclesfield has accepted the offer of Miss Marian Brocklehurst 

 to build and endow a Museum in the Public Park. The basis of the collection will 



