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the Burdett-Coutts' Scholarship have once more had to report that no candidate of 

 sufficient merit has presented himself. 



The Journal of the Marine Biological Association (vol. iii., no. 3) contains the 

 statements of receipts and expenditure for the year ending May 31, 1894, as well as 

 the directors' report. The income for the past year was /a, 172, including the 

 annual grants of / 1,000 from H.M. Treasury and ^^400 from the Fishmongers' 

 Company. In connection with our Editorial note in the last number, it is interest- 

 ing to read that the rent of tables produced only £^6 i6s. 3d. We are glad to hear 

 that the trouble about bad sea-water supply has been detected and satisfactorily 

 settled. 



The Amcvican Natimtlist states that the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science has again subscribed $100 for a table at the Marine 

 Biological Laboratory at Woods Holl. Any member or applicant for membership 

 of the Association may apply for the table through the permanent secretary, 

 Professor F. W. Putnam, Cambridge, Mass. The award is made by a committee 

 of five. 



A " Botanical Society of America " has been founded in Brooklyn, N.Y., and 

 Professor W. Trelease, of St. Louis, has been chosen first president. 



The A.W.P.L. and P.N.E.U. bid fair to become as firmly established among 

 us as the Y.M.C.A. and the M. A.B.Y.S. The A.W.P.L. however has, in consequence 

 possibly of the rivalry of the Pioneer Club, changed its name to the " Women 

 Lecturers' Association," and will no doubt be symbolised by W.L. A. Under the 

 auspices of the W.L. A. a course of six lectures for children on "Our Animal 

 Friends" is being delivered by Mrs. Rose (Certified Student, Royal College of 

 Science, London). The time is 3 p.m. on Wednesdays, and the place is, as hereto- 

 fore, one of the geological galleries in the Natural History Museum. Tables of 

 strata and cases of rocks and fossil shells are so very appropriate to talks on the 

 Cat, Dog, Horse, Rabbit, and Mouse. The kindness of the trustees also permits 

 the Museum specimens to be drawn upon for the illustration of the lectures. 

 Tickets for the course are los. Our representative informed us that the first 

 two lectures were poorly attended We hope the rest will be more successful. 



Meanwhile the Belgravia branch of the P.N.E.U. announces certain free 

 lectures, one -of which, on December 4, should at least attract those interested in 

 natural science. It is " On the study of Natural History as a means to Moral and 

 Mental Development," and will be delivered by Miss Shackleton, at 35 Cranley 

 Gardens, S.W., at 4.30 p.m. The Secretary of the P.N.E.U. is Miss Jennie 

 Paterson, 28 Victoria Street, S.W. The Secretary of the W.L. A. is Miss Edith 

 Bradley, 4 Caroline Place, W.C. 



A COURSE of twenty-five lectures on the History of Geography and of Geo- 

 graphical Discovery, by Mr. H. J. Mackinder, is now in progress at Gresham 

 College on Mondays at 6 p.m. These lectures are under the auspices of the 

 Royal Geographical Society and the London University Extension. 



The interesting series of Cantor Lectures, which were delivered by Mr. Hugh 

 Stanners on " Artificial Foliage in Architecture," are now being printed in the 

 Journal of the Society of Arts. The stem and the flower are dealt with in the 

 Journal for November 2. They are accompanied by some good illustrations. 



We learn from the Pall Mall Gazette that Mr. Hovey, in the course of a paper 

 read before the American Forestry Society, stated that the remains of silicified 

 trees in Arizona, known as the " Arizona fossil forest," are being ground into powder 

 by a commercial company as a substitute for emery. 



