2;3,S MILITARY SKRVICE. 



A. King. 



Capt. the Rev. A. M. Mc( Iregor. M.A.. R.D., Chaplain. German 



S.W. Africa. 

 Capt. C. \V. Mally, M.Sc. F.K.S.. F.L.S. : S.A. Medical Corps, 



Sanitation Section, German S.W. Africa. 

 A. M. Miller. 

 Col. G. T. Nicholson: Cape (iarrison Artillery. German S.W". 



Africa. 

 Staff Capt. E. A. Nobbs. Ph.D.. B.Sc, F.R.H.S. : German S.W. 



Africa. 

 Prof. A. Ogg. M.A.. P)..Sc., Ph.D. : f)n Mnnition service in P.ng- 



land. 

 Capt. W. Paisley. M.P... R.Ch. : S.A. Medical Corps. 

 K. B. Quinan : on Munition work in England. 

 Lieitf.-Col. J. G. Rose. D.S.O.. F.C.S. : Director of Mechanical 



Transport. British East Africa. 

 Major F. B. Smith : .\rmy Service Cor])s. Transport Dei)artment. 



England. 

 Lieut.-Gen. the Rl. Hon. ]. C. Smuts. K.C.. B.A.. LL.D.. M.P.A. : 



Commander-in-Chief of the Union Forces. German East 



Africa. 

 Major H. A. Spencer. M.R.QS.. P.R.C.P. : S.A. Medical Corps. 

 A. M. A. Struben. A.M.LC.E. : in Europe. 

 F. G. Tvers. M.A., in France. 

 Capt. R.'O. Wahl. B.A. : Karroo Rifles. 

 Capt. lames Walker, .S..\. Veterinary Corps, (ierman East 



-Africa. 

 Staff-Sergt. i„ 11. Walsh: .S.A. Medical Corps, in France. 

 A. H. A\'atkins, M.D., M.R.C.S.. M.P.A. : R.A. Medical Corps. 

 T. IT. Watson: German .S.\\\ Africa 



M. White. M. A.: died on service in German h^ast Africa. 

 Prof. D. Williams. B.Sc. : Royal Garrison Artillerv. luigland. 

 H. E. Wood, .M.Sc. F.K.Met.' S. : in German East" Africa. 



EnckE'S Comet. — It is ;inn()unced that Wolf has suc- 

 ceeded in detecting Encke's comet, one month after aphelion : its 

 magnitude was IT)!/,, which was also the magnitude of Halley's 

 comet when first t'ouiul on the occasion of its last a])])roach to the 

 sun. 



Oil from Fruit Stones Dr. K. Alpers describes in 



tlie Chi'iiiiker Zciliiiuj ( \^)[(^) 40. ()45. a process for ])re])aring 

 oil trom the stones of such fruits as cherries and plums. The 

 cracked stones are treated with a solution of calcimn chloride of 

 specific gravitv 1.15. 'fhe shells sink in the li(|uid. and the float- 

 ing kenu'Is are skimmed off. washed and dried, and the oil ex- 

 pressed. I'lum stone oil had the taste and smell of bitter almonds, 

 but these disappeared on treatment with a current of steam, or In- 

 exposing the oil to the air for a fortnight or heat in"- it. 



