Jan., 1897. NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, ETC. 65 



A SCHOOL of science has been founded at Madrid, supported by the state. It 

 comprises twenty-seven professorships, of which L' Anthropologic mentions the fol- 

 lowing, with the professors appointed to occupy them : — Physiological Psychology, 

 Professor Simmaro ; Origin of the Castilian Language, M. Pidal ; Introduction to 

 Sociology, Azcarate ; Structure and Activity of the Nervous System, Ramon y Cajal ; 

 Anthropology of Spain, M. Anton ; General Evolution of the organic and inorganic 

 kingdoms, Cortarar. 



A BACTERIOLOGICAL laboratory in connection with the veterinary department of 

 Pennsylvania University has been established under the directorship of Dr. M. P. 

 Ravenal to investigate the diseases of poultry and cattle. 



The visitors to the Huddersfield Economic Museum during the past year 

 numbered S78, we learn from the report published in its organ, the Naturalists' 

 Journal, for December. Mr. Mosley is a little disappointed with the lack of support, 

 both to the Museum and the Journal, but is hopeful of the future. The Museum 

 will not be open on Sundays, but visitors can be admitted if notice be given before- 

 hand. 



We learn from the Halifax Naturalist that the Museum of Halifax (Yorkshire) 

 is being removed to new quarters at Belle Vue. The borough of Todmorden has 

 received from the local Botanical Society the gift of its library, and botanical, 

 geological, and mineralogical collections. 



An ethnographical museum is to be founded at Budapest, of which the objects 

 exhibited in the ethnographical section of the Millennial Exhibition are to form the 

 nucleus. 



Dr. L. Serrurier, Director of the Ethnographic Museum at Leyden, has 

 resigned, because the state refuses to rebuild the museum. 



The balance over from the local fund, after paying the expenses of the British 

 Association meeting this year, is about ;^98o, which is to be invested, and the interest 

 devoted to furthering the scientific work of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee. 



The following are among the forthcoming afternoon lectures at the Royal 

 Institution : — On Tuesdays, from January 19 to April 6, Professor A. D. Waller, on 

 Animal Electricity ; Professor H. A. Miers, three lectures on Some Secrets of 

 Crystals, on January 21, 28, and February 4 ; Dr. J. W. Gregory, three lectures on 

 the Problems of Arctic Geology, February 11, 18, 25 ; Professor W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 three lectures on the Relation of Geology to History, on March 25, April i, 8. The 

 Friday evening meetings, for members and friends only, include Professor J. Milne, 

 on Recent Advances in Seismology, February 12 ; Lieut. -Col. C. R. Conder, on 

 Palestine Exploration, February 26 ; S. Bidwell, on Some Curiosities of Vision, 

 March 5 ; Sir W. Turner on Early Man in Scotland, March 26. 



At the request of Professor Meldola and Mr. T. V. Holmes, president and 

 secretary, respectively, of the Corresponding Societies Committee of the British 

 Association, Professor G. S. Boulger, on December 12, delivered an interesting and 

 suggestive address, before the Essex Field Club, on the " Federation Ideal for 

 Natural Flistory Societies, with Special Reference to the Eastern Counties." He 

 dwelt on the scientific importance of the organisation of all the natural history 

 societies, and pointed out the benefits that would accrue from joint work, mutual 

 help, and joint publication, and the need of more individual workers. Communica- 



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