236 NEWS [serr. 1899 
years done such work in advancing sanitary science or in promoting public 
health as in the opinion of the College deserves special recognition. 
The structural alterations which have to be made at the Imperial Institute 
in order to provide a home for the University of London will cost £7000. The 
Treasury minute showed, among other arrangements detailed in it, that the 
Government would pay off the mortgage of £40,000 on the Institute building, 
and also discharge the floating debt of £15,000. This accounts for £62,000 of 
the vote of £65,000 which was agreed to. The remaining £3000 is for 
the half-year’s maintenance and repairs, with fuel, lighting, and necessary 
furniture. 
Dr. Henry Woodward of the British Museum (Natural History) has been 
granted an additional term of service for two years by the Treasury. This 
dates from October next, and is the second time Dr. Woodward has been so 
privileged. 
The glazing of the great sauria in the gallery of fossil reptiles at the British 
Museum (Natural History) is now fast approaching completion. The space 
gained by the alteration made in this gallery is considerable, and with the 
exception of the upper four feet no trouble is caused by the reflection of light. 
Some slight alteration of the blinds will no doubt easily make the whole perfect. 
Below the frames of sauria is a bare space of some few feet, and this we 
presume will be utilised for table cases in the early future. 
The Geologists’ Association of London issued the usual annual pamphlet in 
connection with the long excursion to Derbyshire. This consisted of advance 
copies of the number of the Proceedings which will be issued at the end 
of the month, and forms one of a series of valuable treatises on the local 
geology of this county. The district dealt with includes the north and north- 
west portions of Derbyshire, and roughly coincides with the whole of the High 
Peak Division and the northern half of the Western Division of the county. 
The subjects included are mountain limestone, Yoredale rocks, millstone grit, 
sands and fire-clays, glacial drift, infas, igneous rocks, and there is a special 
chapter on petrology. Mr. H. H. Arnold Bemrose is author, and was also 
principal director of the excursion ; the pamphlet can be had from the secretary 
for the usual eighteenpence. 
COnnESPONDENGCE 
DEAR Srr—lI shall be glad if you will correct an impression which may be 
conveyed by a partial quotation from the evidence of the Select Committee of 
the Cape Parliament on Trawling, and appearing in a recent number of your 
valuable paper. The full quotation is: “the evdence” (2.e. of the fishermen 
examined) “has shown that we know absolutely nothing about the spawn of 
the fish, or very little.”—Yours truly, J. G. F. Gincurist. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CAPE OF Goop Hops, 
CarPE Town, 21st June 1899. 
| We regret that our colleague who reviewed the paper referred to appears 
to have misunderstood the sentence.—Ep, Wat. Sci. | 

