NEWS. 



The following appointments have recently been made : — Dr. Angelo Andres, 

 well known for his work on sea-anemones, to be professor of zoology and com- 

 parative anatomy in the University of Parma ; Dr. H. E. Annett, as demon- 

 strator of tropical pathology in Liverpool; C. Gilbert Cullis, to be assistant 

 professor in the Geological Department of the Royal College of Science ; Dr. 

 D. T. MacDougal, of the University of Minnesota, to be director of the labora- 

 tories of the New York Botanical Gardens ; G. F. Stout, lecturer on comparative 

 psychology at Aberdeen, to the recently founded Wilde lectureship in mental 

 philosophy at Oxford ; Vidal de la Blache to be professor of geography in the 

 University of Paris ; German Sims Woodbead, M.D. (Edin.), to be professor of 

 pathology at Cambridge, in place of the late A. A. Kanthack. 



Walter Myers, M.A., and E. S. St. B. Sladen, M.A., both of Gonville and Caius 

 College, have been elected to John Lucas Walker studentships of the University 

 of Cambridge ; J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A., Fellow of the same college, has been 

 elected Balfour student for three years from March 25, 1899. 



Dr. Roux has been elected a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences in 

 the section of rural economy. 



Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B., keeper of the printed books in the British Museum, 

 has resigned his position, after a connection with the institution of forty-eight 

 years. His name will always be associated with the monumental catalogue 

 which has placed the literary treasures of the Museum within the reach of all, 

 and his personality will ever be remembered for unfailing courtesy and readi- 

 ness to aid with his own almost unrivalled knowledge the humblest student who 

 asked his assistance. There are many students of natural science who have had 

 the advantage of his marvellous bibliographical erudition. 



On February 2 a new bacteriological institute on a large scale was 

 opened at Louvain. 



The annual meeting of the Millport Marine Biological Association was held 

 in Glasgow on February 9. The honorary treasurer, Mr. Alexander Somer- 

 ville, submitted the annual report by the Committee of Management, which 

 gave an account of the first year of the actual working of the marine biological 

 'station at Millport. There were over 8000 visitors to the museum during the 

 past year, and tables in the laboratory were utilised for terms varying from a 

 week to a month on thirty-eight different occasions. The Committee took this 

 opportunity of tendering very hearty thanks to all who had contributed in any 

 way to the welfare of the station. During the past year many additions have 

 been made to the station, especially in the laboratory department, but much is 

 still required. The station cost £1800, but the Association has paid its way, 

 and the balance against it is at present only £153, which says much for the 

 good management. 



An experiment will shortly be made by a few interested in botany, towards 

 establishing a collection of living British plants for purposes of study and 



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