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M. Chevreul's New -Year's- Day.— M. 



Chevreul, who was a hundred and two years 

 old on the 31st of August last, had a happy 

 New- Year. According to an authentic ac- 

 count of his present daily life, given in "La 

 Nature," he awakes at five o'clock in the 

 morning, and is served a few minutes after- 

 ward with a warm broth, which he takes 

 with a relish. While resting in bed he 

 reads the papers, and then receives a few- 

 visits, particularly one from his preparateur, 

 M. Arnaud. At eleven o'clock, still in bed, 

 he takes a plentiful breakfast of soup, meat, 

 and cafe au lait, with much bread and but- 

 ter. At one he rises, dresses, and is ready 

 to take the air for two hours. Conducted by 

 his faithful coachman, Joseph, who has been 

 in his service for twenty years, he often 

 drives to the Monceau Park ; but his favor- 

 ite excursion is to the Eiffel Tower. Return- 

 ing at five o'clock, he takes a glass of milk 

 and goes to bed. He dines in bed at seven 



o'clock, with a good appetite, drinking noth- 

 ing but water. After dinner, he sleeps sound- 

 ly; and when M. Arnaud asks him in the 

 morning, as he always does, if he has en- 

 joyed a good night's rest, he replies that he 

 has never had any other kind. M. Chevreul 

 is living with his son, and enjoys the devoted 

 and intelligent care of his old servant Denise, 

 who has been with him for fifty years. 



The instralasian Association. — The first 

 meeting of the Australasian Association for 

 the Advancement of Science was held at 

 Sydney, beginning August 28th, under the 

 presidency of Prof. Black. About eight hun- 

 dred and fifty members were present, and one 

 hundred and ten papers were sent in. One 

 of the topics discussed in the presidential 

 address was the place of chemistry in edu- 

 cation. The accounts of the sectional meet- 

 ings are scanty. We find mentioned in the 

 Chemical Section, the papers of Mr. Dixon, 

 on " The Formation of Coal," in which the 

 different qualities of the mineral were as- 

 cribed to different kinds of vegetable matter 

 of which it is composed ; of Mr. Smith, 

 on " Butterine," which was well spoken of ; 

 of Mr. Mingaye, on the " Discovery of Tel- 

 lurium in Certain Bismuth Ores" in New 

 South Wales ; of Mr. Edgar Hall, on " Silver 

 Smelting," etc., which was exceedingly well 

 received ; of Mr. W. Skey and Mr. Don on 

 " Gold " in the Australian reefs ; and of Mr. 

 J. H. Maiden, on the " Chemistry of Indige- 

 nous Australian Products." The formation 

 of this association was suggested in 1879, 

 begun in 1884, and completed at this meet- 

 ing, which was held in connection with the 

 one hundredth anniversary of the founda- 

 tion of the colony of New South Wales ; and 

 was most actively promoted by Prof. Liver- 

 sidge. The scheme of its organization has 

 been so arranged as to make it truly repre- 

 sentative of all the Australian colonies. Each 

 learned or scientific society may have one 

 representative in the Council for every hun- 

 dred of its members. The Presidents of the 

 Royal Societies of the several colonies are 

 among the vice-presidents. The presidents 

 of sections were all selected from other col- 

 onies than New South Wales, while the sec- 

 retaries were, of course, residents of the 

 place of meeting, Sydney. It is understood 

 that the meetings are to be held in rotation 



