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half); the Gwy pri« to Paul Lenioine. for his geological 

 work in th«? Fnnrli rolonic*. 



Phyniis.— lhc Hubert \>r\r" i M. ll.-nwalech, for his 

 work' on npnrk spectra; d piize to Ch. F*ry, for 



his r. s<archf.s in physics. those dealing with the 



law-'* i)f rndiation and tli-- m. .i-ui. mont of high tempcra- 

 turrs ; the Ga*iton Plants pri/.»' to Paul Janet, for his 

 r«'<fnnhes in rlrctricity and magnetism. 



Chemistry. — The Jecker prize between M. Darzcns (500 

 francs), M. Fosse (350 francs), and M. Tiffeneau (350 

 fiMiu <.), for work in organic chemistry ; the Cahours prize 

 (ill • i|ual parts) between Louis llackspill and M. Richard; 



''•'■' ■ to Andr^ Wahl ; the Montyon prize 



I M. Tissot, for his apparatus |)er- 

 ]>oisonous atmosphere, an invention of 

 • •>p»iiul iniptirtunre in mines. 



Mitieralofiy and Geology. — The Delesse prize to Albert 

 Michel-L6vy, for his petrographical and stratigraphical 

 work ; the Joseph LabW prize to Rcn«^* Nickl^s, for his 

 •: • Inj^ical and practical work in connection with the dis- 

 ; \ of the coal basin at Meurthe-et-Moselle ; the 

 I .mnes prize to .M. Cossmann, for his palieontological 

 ^uuli's ; the Victor Raulin prize to Emmanuel de 

 Mnrgerie, for the whole of his geological work. 



liolany. — The Desmazi^res prize to Camille Sauvageau, 

 lor his recent researches on the brown alga; ; the Slon- 

 'n,'ri- prize is not awarded, but Jean I3eauverie and 

 \ ine Lauby each receive an eiuouragemcnt of 500 

 I' 1!,^; the de Coincy prize to F. Achille Finet, for his 

 publications relating to orchids. 



Anatomy and Zoology. — The Grand prize of the physical 

 sciences to M. .Anthony, for his memoir on the characters 

 of adaptation to tree life in vertebrates ; the Savigny prize 

 to Ferdinand C'rinii, for his work on the Bryozoa ; the 

 Cuvi.-r |)ii/. 10 1.. ('iniiot, for the whole of his scientific 

 work. 



.Medicine and Surgery. — Montyon prizes to L. Testut and 

 <). Jacob (2500 francs), for their treatise on topographical 

 inatomy; to .Alexandre Besredka (2500 francs), for his 

 work on the mechanism of anaphylaxia ; and to F. Cassaet 

 li.Soo francs), for his memoir on the diagnosis of posterior 

 pericarditis. 



.Mentions of 1500 francs are accorded to Pierre Nolf, 

 llmile Feuill^, and E. Sacqu^p^, and citations to 

 I.topold-I.^-vi and H. de Rothschild, S. Mercad^, G. Farov, 

 I.. Panisset; the Barbier prize to H. Guilleminot, for his 

 memoir on fluoroscopic radiometry ; the Bryant prize is not 

 awarded, but prizes from the foundation funds are given 

 to M. .\uclair and Louis Paris (2000 francs), to M. Dopter 

 (aooo francs), and M. Duvoir (1000 francs); the Godard 

 prize to Jean Louis Chiri^ ; the du Baron Larrev prize to 

 II. Coullaud and F. tiinestous, for their work on the 

 physiology and vision of shooting, Maurice Boigey receiv- 

 ing a very honourable mention ; the Bellion prize is divided 

 t^etween M. and Mme. Victor Henri, for their studies on 

 the action of ultra-violet light on toxins and micro- 

 organisms, and M. Courmont and .M. Nogier for their re- 

 ■"■■"■'' -I. lilisation of water by the ultra-violet 



'''>^' ' 1"''^'' is not awarded, but a prize of -loo 



francs is awarded to P. Nob^court and Prosper Mercklen • 

 the C haussier prize to M. Imfert. 



Physiology.— The .Montyon prize (experimental phvsio- 

 ogy) divided equally between Dr. Marage and Raoul 

 t ombes ; the f^hilipeaux prize between Mme. Z. Gruzewska, 

 or the whole of her work in phvsiologv, and Maurice 

 /^"'•"'ox'" ^"^ ^searches on bile; the Lailemand prize to 

 Henri Pi^ron, for his work on the memorv, Maurice 

 Hnssot receiving a very honourable mention, and J. L^vy- 

 award'i"" honourable mention; the Pourat prize is not 



5/afi5/ics.— Montyon prize (1000 francs) to Ren6 Risser 

 and a mention (500 francs) to Charles Hevraud ' 



"'^tory of the Sciences.— The Binoux prize divided 

 between Antonio Favaro and Edmond Bonnet 



CrCHeraZ Pr,s«.-Berthelot medals to MM. Duvens ' 

 the r'^n' ^'^°^',Andr^ Wahl. Louis Hackspill. Richard 

 riie t.egner prize (increased to 4000 francs) to J. H. Fabre ! 



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agricultural cheini»try and bacteriology: the Saintour prize 

 to Julc« Drach ; the Fanny Fmdcn prize i« not 

 but encouragement!* nr»- attribut'-d to M. Ochornv 

 francs) and M. H 

 prize to (the late) ) i 

 the Petit d'Ormoy ,,. ,. 

 and (natural science; ti- 

 L. Vialleton, for his r^ 



Earativc anatomy ; the jean Keynaud prize lu EiniUr 

 icard ; the Baron dc Jocst prize divided betwe*^ H. 

 Mouton and Charles Tellier ; the Lecontc prize is i 

 to this year; the prize founded by Mme. la M.i 

 Laplace to Georges Marie .Xntoino Perrin ; tii. j.i •*• 

 founded by I-V-lix Rivot between (jeorges Perrin, Francois 

 WaUkenaer. Henri Terrisse, and Jacques Denis. 



The Bonaparte Foundation. 

 Thirty-four applications for grants from this fund were 

 received, and the eleven mentioned below received favour- 

 able consideration : — M. Hartmann (4000 francs), for 

 a.ssistance in his experimental researches on the elasticity 

 of solid bodies; M. .Alluaud (3000 francs), for carrying on 

 studies of the .Alpine fauna and flora of the tropical moun- 

 tains Kilimanjaro, Ruwenzori, and Kenia ; H. Barbieri 

 (3000 francs), for pursuing his chemical studies on n'rv. 

 substance; M. .Andr^- Broca (3000 francs), for construct ^ 

 an apparatus for the measurement of geodesic angles b) 

 the Borda method; -M. Krempf (3000 francs), for com- 

 pleting his work on the biology of the coasts of Indo- 

 China ; .M. Sollaud (3000 francs), for pursuing his re- 

 searches on the Palemonidae ; M. Topsent (3000 francs), for 

 the zoological study of the fresh water of Saint-Jean-de- 

 Losne (C6te d'Or) ; .MM. Buisson and Fabry (2000 francs), 

 for the purchase of apparatus to enable them to pursue 

 their researches on the distribution of the energy in the 

 solar spectrum ; M. Gaubert (2000 francs), to acquire the 

 ap[)aratus necessary to pursue his work on liquid crystals ; 

 .M. Houard (2000 francs), to |>ermit him to pursue in 

 America his researches on the Zoocecidae ; and M. Moureu 

 (2000 francs), to permit him to pursue his studies on the 

 rare gases and their distribution in nature. 



The total grants from the fund amount to 30,000 francs 

 for- the year. 



FORESTRY EDUCATION AT THE IMVEK- 



SITY OF EDINBURGH. 

 TN October, 1910, Mr. E. P. Stebbing, who had been 

 appointed university lecturer in forestry the previous 

 May, delivered an inaugural lecture in the University, 

 taking as his subject " Forestry Education : its Import- 

 ance and Requirements." Extracts from this lecture were 

 printed in Nature of November 10, 1910 (vol. Ixxxv., 

 p. 61). Mr. Stebbing directed attention to the three chief 

 requirements of the department of forestry of the Uni- 

 versity. These he considered to be : (i) a forest garden ; 



(2) more accommodation for museums and laboratories ; 



(3) an increase in the forestry staff. 



The University has been giving undivided attention to 

 these three wants of the department, and the following 

 statement, which has been issued by the University to the 

 Press, places the present position of Edinburgh as a forestry 

 educational centre clearly before the public. 



During the past year afforestation questions and forestry 

 education have been receiving considerable attention in this 

 country. In a resolution on the subject, the Development 

 Commissioners decided that their first grants with the 

 object of furthering the progress of afforestation would be 

 made with the object of improving the means of affording 

 sound forestry education in the country. 



In Scotland a lecturer in forestry was appointed so long 

 ago as 1888 at Edinburgh University, and an annual 

 course of lectures has been delivered since that date during 

 the winter session. 



A few years ago the Edinburgh and East of Scotland 

 Agricultural College inaugurated a short course of evening 

 lectures in simple forestry for working foresters and others. 

 This course has during the past year been extended, and a 

 month's course of simple forestry, forest botany, and forest 

 entomology is now delivered in August at the Agricultural 

 College. 



