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be much more liable to attack by any micro-organisms of the 

 soil which succeeded in penetrating the seed-envelopes, if the 

 protective sheath of living cells were not present. It is remark- 

 able that the " aleurone-layer " is much more fully developed 

 over those parts of the seed that may be regarded as dead, 

 becoming very much more attenuated where in proximity to the 

 embryo, the cells of which owing to their vitality do not require 

 an equal amount of protection. 



The authors express, finally, their great thanks to Mr. W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer and to Dr. D. H. Scott for the opportunities 

 afforded them in the prosecution of this research at the Jodrell 

 Laboratory, Kew. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Mr. J. Crowther, at present lecturer in metallurgy in the 

 Owens College, Manchester, has been appointed to a similar 

 position in the Swansea Technical School. 



Dr. Cheadle has presented the St. Mary's Hospital 

 Medical School, Paddington, with the sum of 500/., to found a 

 gold medal in clinical medicine. 



Dr. Wallace Walker has been appointed to the additional 

 chair of Chemistry recently founded and endowed by Mr. 

 W. C. McDonald in M'Gill University, Montreal ; and Mr. 

 Ernest Rutherford has been appointed to succeed Prof. H. 

 •Callendar in the chair of Physics. 



The following appointments have been made at the West 

 "Ham Municipal Technical Institute :— Lecturer in physics and 

 "mathematics, Mr. S. G. Starling, of the Battersea Polytechnic ; 

 •demonstrator in jshysics, Mr. J. Tomkin, of the Royal College 

 of Science ; demonstrator in chemistry, Mr. F, H. Streatfeild, 

 of Finsbury Technical College. 



■ The Record of 7'echnical and Secondary Education for July 

 -contains illustrated accounts of the Royal Technical Institute, 

 Salford, and the Leith School of Navigation, and an important 

 article on "Technical Institutions and Local Authorities in 

 England," in which it is endeavoured to give trustworthy 

 information as to the amount of money expended on technical 

 buildings by local authorities. The article deals only with the 

 work done in the county boroughs, but a subsequent contribution 

 will deal with the operations in connection with County Councils 

 and other local authorities. 



Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 

 Khave made the following appointments to Science Research 

 Scholarships, for the year 1898, on the recommendation of the 

 authorities of the respective Universities and Colleges. The 

 scholarships are of the value of 150/. a year, and are 

 ordinarily tenable for two years (subject to a satisfactory 

 report at the end of the first year) in any University at 

 home or abroad, or in some other institution approved of by 

 the Commissioners. The scholars are to devote themselves 

 exclusively to study and research in S0.T12 branch of science, 

 the extension of which is important to the industries of the 

 country. A limited number of the scholarships are renewed 

 for a third year where it appears that the renewal is likely to 

 .result directly in work of scientific importance. 



Nominating institution. 



University of Glasgow 

 University of Aberdeen 

 Mason University College, Birm- 

 ingham 

 Yorkshire College, Leeds 

 University College, Liverpool 

 University College, London 

 Owens College, Manchester 

 Durham College of Science, 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne 

 University College, Nottingham 

 Royal College of Science for 



Ireland 

 Queen's College, Galway 

 University of Toronto 

 Dalhousie University, Halifax 

 Nova Scotia 



James Francis Bottomley 

 Alexander Findlay 

 A. H. Reginald Duller 



Harry Thornton Calvert 

 Ernest Brown 



Louis Napoleon George p'ilon 

 James Henry Smith 

 Arthur William Ashton 



Austin Henry Peake 

 Robert L. Wills 



Hugh Ryan 



William Gabb Smeaton 



Ebenezer Henry Archibald 



The following scholarships, granted in 1897, have been con- 

 tinued for a second year on receipt of a satisfactory report of 

 work done during the first year : — 



Note. — The Report of the Scholar from University College, Nottingham, 

 is not yet due. 



The following scholarships, granted in 1896, have been ex- 

 ceptionally renewed for a third year : — 



The Holt Fellowships in Physiology and Pathology estab- 

 lished in connection with University College, Liverpool, by the 

 late Mr. George Holt in 1886 for a period often years, and re- 

 newed for a further period by Mrs. and Miss Holt, have been 

 awarded to the following gentlemen respectively : Mr. A. Hope 

 Simpson, provisionally upon his attaining full qualifications 

 within a period of three months, and Mr. K. Nelson. The 

 Robert Gee Fellowship in Anatomy, of the value of 100/., has 

 been awarded to Mr. F. Lovegrove. 



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