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engaged in its production " ; and the Hon. Allan Campbell, of Sanitary Science 

 and Hygiene, "Asjjects of Public Health Legislation in Victoria." The late 

 Prof. T. J. Parker Avas to have been president of the Biological Section. 

 Numerous papers were read. Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer lectured on the " Centre 

 of Australia," and Sir James Hector on '•' Antarctica and the Islands of the Far 

 South." An " At Home " was given by ^liss Macdonald at the University on 

 January 11, and on January 13 an excursion started for Lord Howe Island. An 

 address of congratulation to the Queen was forwarded during the meeting. 



The following prizes were among those awarded at the Annual Public Session 

 of the Academie des Sciences at Paris, on January 10 : — 



Prix Bordin (3000 fr.), to Prof. G. Pruvot of Crrenoble, for his researches on 

 the bottom and fauna of the G. of Lyons and the entry to the English Channel ; 

 Prix Delesse (1400 fr.), to Daniel Oehlert of Laval, for his numerous and im- 

 portant studies on palaeozoic faunas ; Grand Prix (3000 fr.), the subject of which 

 was new investigations and experiments on high mountain regions, especially as 

 regards meteorology and the conditions of life, to Joseph Vallot, founder of tlie 

 observatory near the toji of Mt. Blanc, and the scientific exjjlorer of many of the 

 highest summits in the Alps and Pyrenees ; Prix Desmazieres (1600 fr.), to Prof. 

 Jacob Eriksson, of the Swedish R. Academy of Agriculture, for memoirs on the 

 smut of grain ; Prix Montagne (1500 fr.), to Prof. Bourquelot of Paris, for works 

 on the physiology of mushrooms ; Prix lliore (200 fr.), divided between Louis 

 Bordas for researches on the j^oison-glands of Hymenoptera, and Sappin-Trouffy 

 for obserwations on the part played by the nucleus in the development of 

 Uredineae ; Prix Barhier (2000 fr.), to A. T. de Eochebrune for his work 

 " Toxicologie Africaine " ; Prix Godard (1000 fr.), to Messrs Beauregard and 

 Boulart for their researches on the genito-urinary organs of Cetacea ; Prix 

 Bellion, 1000 fr. to Aug. Pettit for work on the supra-renal capsules, and 

 400 fr. to Mr Peron, for researches on tuberculosis of the lungs ; Prix Montyon 

 (750 fr.), to Mr Delzenne for his works on the coagulation of blood ; Prix la 

 Caze (10,000 fr.), to Prof. Rontgen ; Prix Gay (2500 fr.), to Charles Flahault for 

 his study of the geographical distribution of the Fi'ench Mediterranean flora ; 

 Prix Petit d'Ormoy (10,000 fr.), to Prof. J. Gosselet for his geological writings. 



