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NA TURE 



[February 14, 1895 



Life" is contributed to the same review by Prof. Cli6rord 

 Allhalt. There is also a faper of iniere't lo physical geo- 

 graphers, its tiile being "The Evo'ution of Cities." 



The current Quarierly KtZ'icv has among its anicles a sVetcb 

 cf the history or the O ilnancc .Survey, wherein we read "the 

 5cope of ihe urderLikinq excrcd-i any proijramnne heretofore 

 atlempied ty any Government, ihe moHe anrl style of its fxecu- 

 tion are second lo none, either fiom a scifntific, artistic, or 

 iililitaiian point of view, and ihe C'•^t of the wnrk, s'roke 

 for strole, i- prol ably lower than that paid by any other nation 

 for a ^imllar I'urpose. " Pro', Huxley's collected essays, and 

 "ther works, are reviewed under the title " Prof. Huxley's 

 Creed," and in the article " England in Egypt," the irrigation 

 of Egjpt, and the construction of the Phila; dam, are noticed. 



The Ktliquary and liliistialed An/nrohtgisl is rich in good 

 illustrations. Among the articles we notice an account ol the 

 exploration of a Hunni>h cemetery at Czika, near Buda-Pesth. 

 Parts of a number of skeletons have been found, and a complete 

 -kcleton of a woman, six feet thue inches in length. Weapons, 

 stirrups, earthenware v(s*els, and various ornaments have also 

 teen found. "The Burring of the CUvie," a ceremony still 

 carried out on the last night of the old year at Burghead, 

 in the north of S''otland, is described by Mr. H. W. Young. 

 The custom appears lo have come down from the most remote 

 .ages. The natives of Burghead assert that it is a Druidical 

 W' r>hip, while Mr. Young believe^ it to be simply a revival of 

 the worship of Baal — a remnant of that great fire worship 

 which prevailed over the whole world as known to the ancients. 

 In the notes is an illustiaiion of the ancient Egyptian tomb in 

 the island of Elephantina, discovered and explored by H.R.H. 

 the Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway, and an illustrated 

 de-ciiptinn of the re-erection of iho^e interesting pre-hi-toric 

 moouiuents, the Dartmoor menhirs. Recent investigations 

 have yielded some evidence which connects these stone-rows 

 with the Neolithic pcrriod. 



.\ passing notice must suffice for the remaining articles on 

 .scientific subjects in the magazines received by u«. Good Words 

 c miains Sir Robert Ball's concluding paper on "Sir Isaac 

 Newton," and a brief paper "On the Anti-toxin Cure for 

 l)iphihciia," by Dr. \V. J. Fleming. A visit to the tomb at 

 iJ.ishur, where the jewels of an Egyptian princess of the 

 Twclfih Dynasty were found las: )fai, is describe I by Mrs. 

 St. Loe S rachey in the jValioiiat. The Humanitarian has an 

 article on " The Prevalence ol N'tvous Diseases," by Dr. S. 

 .\lthaus. "Some Curiosities of Modrrn Photography" are 

 brought together by Mr. W. G. FitzGeiald in the Strand 

 Ma^azinf. The illustration he gives ol an image photographed 

 through the eye of a beetle is, however, quite eclipsed by a 

 photograph taken by Dr. Siiitta through the lenses of ihe 

 comitosite fye of a water-' ccil*». and reproduced in Kn<nvUdge 

 for July 1894. Mr. Grant Allen contiibues a rhapsody on 

 quails to the Enj^liih Itluitralel. Cha.mbers s Journal contains 

 iu nsual complemeni of readable arlicles on scientific topics. 



UNI VERS/ TV AM) E D UCA Tl ON A L 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Oxford. — In a Congregation held on Tuesday, February 

 12, the amrndmenis lo ihe proposed .S'aiuH on Rrseaich 

 Dcgieen came under consiilcration. There were sixty-thne 

 amen'iments, and of ihc«e onlv fourteen came under considera- 

 tion, as the debates on some of them were of some length. The 

 fir>t amendmrni, pr 'po cd by ihe Provost of Oiiel, and 

 seconded by Pnf. Odiing and M'. .Sirachsn Davidson, pro- 

 posed that the Decree of Bact'clor o( Arts should be substituted 

 for ihe propo ed Degrees ol Bachelor o( Letters and Bachelor 

 of .S.;ieiice. After a prolonged debate the amendment was 

 negatrverl by 137 voles again-t 33. 



An amenrlmeni by Prof. Case, defining ".Science" as in- 

 cluding Malhemaiic", Natural Science, Mental and Moral 

 Science, was carii-d by 137 votrs againi 34. An amendment, 

 proposed by Mr. C. C^nnan, of Trinity College, and seconded 

 by Mr. Bourne, providcrl that ihe supeivision rif ihe candirlales 

 for Research Degrees should be ve-leil in Ihe Hoards of Facul- 

 ties, ins'ead of in a »j»ecial Delegacy as proposed by the Statute 

 under con.ideration. This amendment was carricil by no 

 voles againM 49. Another amendment, by Prof. Holland, which 

 propoieil that canrlidatcs for Research Degrees, not being 

 already Graduates of the UniveiS'ly, should have obtained a 

 degree in some other University, was rejected by 107 voles 



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against 39. The other amendments were either consequential 

 on those already mentioned, or were of a formal character. 

 The fur her consider.ation of the amendments was fixed for 

 Thursday, February 21. 



Cambrioce. — The Sedgwick Prize in Geology has been 

 awarded to Mr. Henry Woods, of St. John's College, 

 Demonstrator in P.daeontology. The subject proposed for ihe 

 prize of 1898 is "The Glacial Deposits ol E.ast .Anglia." The 

 essays are to be sent to the Regisirary by October I, 1897. 

 Candidates must be Gradiiat-s of the Un versity who have 

 resided sixty days during the preceding twtlve months. 



Mr. M. Laurie, of King's College, has been appointed 

 by the Special Boatd for Bidogy and Geidogy, lo occupy Ihe 

 University's table in the Naples Zoological Mation, for three 

 months from March I. 



A course of lectures in .\nlhropilo.;y, with practical w irk, is 

 announced by Prof. Macalisier for the Ltnt and E.ister Terms. 

 The lecturer is Prof. .\. C. Haddon, of the Royal College of 

 Science, Dublin. The sul jecl of the first lecture, on February 

 14. at 3 30, is "The Meihods of Amhropology." 



The degrre of Sc. D. honoris causa is to be conferred on Sir 

 William MacGregor, .\diuini trator of British New Guinea, in 

 recognition of his able contribulions to anthropology and 

 ethnography. 



The following appoinimrnts of electors lo Professorships in 

 Natu'al Sci. nee anil Med cine are announced. Chemistry, 

 Dr. T. E. Thorpe ; Plumian of Astronomy, Dr. A. R. Forsyth, 

 and Mr. W. H. M. Christie, Astronomer Royal ; Anatomy, 

 Dr. Allbutt ; B tany, Mr. A. Sedj;\vic'< ; Gology, Prof. 

 Newton ; Jacksmian of Natur.il Philosophy, Lord Rayleigh ; 

 Downing of Medicine, Dr. A. Macalister ; Mineralogy, Prof. 

 J. J. Thomson; Zoology, Dr. D. Macalister; Cavendish of 

 Physic, Lord Rajleigh ; Mechanism, Pro'. Osboine Rejnolds; 

 Physiology, Mr. J. N. Langley ; Surgery, Dr. A. Macalister; 

 Pathology, Dr. .askell. 



A grant of {^^a from the Worts Travelling Scholars Fund has 

 b?en made to Mr. P. Lake, o( St. John's College, for the 

 purpose of investigating ihe distribution ol Trilobiles in Russia 

 and Sweden. 



A Parliamkntary Paper ilealing with ll-c moreys received 

 by the Couni ils of Coiinncs and County Boroughs in England 

 and Wales under Ihe Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) 

 Act, 1890, a"d available for technical education, has just been 

 published. The following summ.ary slio*s how the moneys 

 have been expended : — 



Aggregate amount received 

 up to March 31, 1894 ... 



Aggregate amount ex- 

 pended on — 

 (rt) Technical and Inter- 

 mediate Education ... 

 (b) Purpo-es other than 

 Technical and Inter- 

 mediate IvUicalion ... 



Aggregate amount appro- 

 priated to Technical and 

 Intermediate Education, 

 but remaining unex- 

 pended at the dale of 

 Ih'- Returns 



Residue not appropriated 

 for Technical and Inicr- 

 mcdiaic Education, but 

 remaining unexpended 

 at the dale of the Re- 

 turns 



Cr^unlics 



(•itlier than 



London 1 and 



Coiinly 



Borouulis. 



County of 

 London. 



2.4J9,3"9 1 687,034 3,126,353 



1,481,712 27,246 1,508,958 

 290,508 Coo,034 890,54a 



635.933 59.754 695.687 



' 31,166 



2.439.3'9 



166 



687,034 3,u6,353 



1 j£r%7oo of Ihii amount had been appropriated to County buildings and 



