NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, AND 

 SOCIETIES. 



The following appointments are announced : — H. A. Miers, of the British 

 Museum, to be Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Oxford ; Henry Lewis 

 to be Professor of Mining in the Durham College of Science, in succession to 

 Professor Merivale ; Dr. J. D. Gilchrist to be Marine Biologist to the Government 

 of the Cape of Good Hope ; Professor Edward Grant Conklin, of the North- 

 western University, Evanston, 111., to be Professor of Comparative Embryology at 

 the University of Pennsylvania, in place of the late Dr. John Ryder ; Dr. Harrison 

 Allen, Ex-Director of the Wistar Museum, to be Emeritus Professor at the same 

 University ; Edward Pierce, Ph.D. (Harvard), to be Instructor in Psychology at 

 Michigan University ; W. D. Frost, of the Minnesota Board of Health, to be 

 Assistant in Bacteriology to the University of Wisconsin ; Dr. R. M. Bagg to be 

 Assistant in Geology, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. J. C. Merriam, a former pupil 

 of Professor von Zittel, to be Instructor in Palaeontology in the University of 

 California; Dr. H. P. Johnson to be Curator of the Museum of the same Uni- 

 versity ; D. T. MacDougal to be Professor of Botany in the University of 

 Minnesota, U.S.A. ; Dr. G. P. Grimsley to be Professor of Geology and Biology at 

 Washburn College, Topeka; Dr. G. Lagerheim, of Tromso, to be Professor of 

 Botany and Director of the Botanical Institute in the University of Stockholm ; 

 N. Kusnetzoff, of the Botanical Gardens in St. Petersburg, to be Professor of 

 Botany at Dorpat University ; Dr. R. Metzner, of Freiburg, to be Professor of 

 Physiology at Basle ; Professor W. Branco, of Tubingen, to be Professor of 

 Geology and Mineralogy at the Academy in Hohenheim, Wurtemberg ; Dr. J. 

 Sobotta, of Berlin, to be Prosector at Wiirzburg University ; Dr. Strahl, of Mar- 

 burg, to be Professor of Anatomy in Giessen, in succession to Professor Bonnet ; 

 Dr. Th. von Wienzierl, teacher in the High School of Agriculture, to be Director of 

 the State Seed-Testing Station in Vienna ; Dr. F. Krasser, as Assistant in the 

 Botanical Department of the State Museum in Vienna ; Dr. F. Czapek to be 

 Assistant and Dr. W. Figdor to be Demonstrator at the Institute of Physiological 

 Botany of the Vienna University ; Professor F. Ruth, of Vienna, to be Professor of 

 Geodesy in the Technical High School at Prague ; Professor M. Vladescu, of Jassy, 

 to be Professor of Botany at Bucharest, in place of the late Professor Brandza ; 

 Professor Vladescu is succeeded by Dr. A. P. Popovici. 



We are glad to learn that Mr. H. N. Ridley has been definitely re-appointed 

 Director of the Department of Gardens and Forests in Singapore, the Government 

 having reconsidered its proposition to abolish the office. 



Sir William Flower has been elected a Foreign Member of the Royal 

 Academy of Science, Stockholm. 



The Rev. Canon A. M. Norman has been presented by the Bishop of Durham 

 to the Rectory of Houghton-le-Spring. 



The first meeting of the General Committee for the promotion of a memorial 

 to the late Professor Huxley was held in the theatre of the Museum of Practical 



