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G. A. Daubr^e — It is not long since geology had to mourn 

 the loss of James D. Dana and now France has lost one of its 

 most eminent scientists in the person of Gabriel Auguste Daubr^e 

 the great physicist and experimental geologist. He was born 

 at Metz in June, 1834, educated in Paris and was successively 

 Mining Engineer and professor of geology in Strasbourg. In 

 1861 he obtained the chair of geology at the Museum d'histoire 

 naturelle in Paris. Among his chiefest works we note, " Eaux 

 Souterraines " and "Etudes Synthetiques de geologie expere- 

 mentale " which will more than keep his memory green in the 

 minds of fellow-workers in the realm of Geological Science. 



THE CHEMICAL LABORATORIES AT THE 

 CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



On the 6th of July last fire made sad havoc with the 

 comparatively new and finely equipped laboratories of the 

 chemical branch at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Shortly after 6 p.m., when nearly all the staff were out, an 

 explosion took place, due to the bursting of a flask containing 

 boiling sulphuric acid and used in a method of nitrogen deter- 

 mination. The fire spread rapidly but with a great deal of 

 labour and toil the flames were confined to the eastern end of the 

 building, otherwise the museum and all the invaluable collections 

 of the Botanist, of the Entomologist, the Horticulturist as well as 

 of the Director would have been destroyed. 



We have no doubt that the Government will restore the 

 Chemical Laboratory at the Farm to the degree of usefulness 



