JuLy 27, 1899] 
NATURE 301 
~ THE report of the Magnetical and Meteorological Observations 
made at the Government Observatory, Bombay, for the year 
1897 has just been issued, with an appendix. 
Messrs. ISENTHAL, PorTzZLER, AND Co., of Mortimer Street, 
have sent us a supplementary list of new radiographic instru- 
ments made by them. Attention is drawn to several pieces of 
apparatus of recent construction. 
WE have received the prospectus of the ‘‘One and All” 
Flower-show, an exhibition of horticultural photographs, to 
be held at the Crystal Palace on August 14-19, under the 
auspices of the “Agricultural and Horticultural Association, 
Limited.” 
In the number of the Svologzsches Centralblat? for July 1, Dr. 
Rk. Keller finishes his review of recent advances in vegetable 
physiology and botany ; and Dr. G. Lindner his account of the 
germs of Protozoa found in rain water. 
THE Cambridge University Reporter for June 22 contains the 
annual report of the Botanic Garden Syndicate for the year 
£898. Several interesting and important additions have been 
made to the Botanic Garden during the year. 
In the numbers of the Agrtcu/tural Gaszetle of New South 
Wales for May and June is a continuation of M. A. O’Callaghan’s 
series of papers on dairy bacteriology. It contains a report, 
svith illustrations, of the bacteriological condition of a number 
of butters produced in the Colony. 
THE Trinidad Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Botanical 
Department, No. 19) contains a preliminary report by Mr. G. 
Massee on the cacao pod disease, which is rife in the Colony. 
Mr. Massee ascribes it to a fungus belonging to the Perono- 
spore. 
In the Zrésh Naturalist for July is a synopsis of the Irish 
Characez, by Prof. T. Johnson ; a paper on some alge from the 
Antrim coast, by H. Hanna; and one on some freshwater 
mites from Co. Dublin, by D. Freeman. 
Tue Zyransactions of the Manchester Microscopical Society 
contains several papers which show a record of good work in 
microscopy :—The genitalia and radule of the British Hyalinia, 
by W. Moss; Pertpatus Leuckarti, by F. Paulden; Scale 
insects, by A. T. Gillanders ; AZyriothela Phrygia, a tubularian 
hydroid, by W. Blackburn ; and others. 
We have received a copy of Dr. Gunnar Andersson’s ‘‘ Studies 
of the Quaternary Flora of Finland” (Audletin de la Commission 
Géol. de Finlande, Helsinyfors, 1898). The work is accom- 
panied by four excellent plates of fossil seeds, and it contains 
descriptions and sections of the peaty deposits from which they 
have been obtained. 
THE current issue of the Reléguary and Illustrated Archaeolo- 
gts¢ contains many interesting contributions, among which may 
be mentioned ‘Antiquities of Bolsterstone and Neighbour- 
hood,” ‘* The Instrument of the Rosary,” ‘* Two Midlothian 
Souterrains,” ‘‘ The Grinlow Barrow, Buxton,” and ‘‘ Notes on 
Archeology and Kindred Subjects.” As is usual in this magazine 
the articles are well illustrated. 
Mr. ARTHUR S, EAKLE describes some andesites from the 
Fiji Islands (Frac. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sctences, May 1899). 
Augite-andesite seems to be the predominating rock of the 
islands, and it varies from types having a small amount of augite 
with a large amount of felspar, and with biotite as an accessory, 
to those in which augite is the dominant constituent, thus 
showing a gradation into basalt. 
Vo. II., part 6, of the serial form of C. E. Groves’s trans- 
lation of Fresenius’ ‘‘ Quantitative Analysis” has now been 
brought out by Messrs. J. and A. Churchill; the University 
Correspondence College has issued its Matriculation Directory 
dated June 1899, in which will be found articles on the special 
NO. 1552, VOL. 60] 
subjects for January and June 1900; a new edition of ‘‘ The 
Arithmetic of Electrical Measurements,’’ by W. R. P. Hobbs, 
has been issued by Murby. The work has been revised and in 
part re-written. 
THE additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens during the 
past week include an Anubis Baboon (Cynocephalus anubis, 2 ) 
from Accra, presented by Mr. G. B. Haddon Smith; a Feline 
Dourocouli (Myctipithecus voctferans) from Brazil, presented by 
Mrs. Arthur Harter; a Ring-tailed Lemur (Zemur catta) from 
Madagascar, presented by Mrs. T. Butt Miller; a Spotted 
Ichneumon (Herfestes auro-punctatus) from Malacca, presented 
by Mr. Geo, F. Aress; a Levaillant’s Cynictis (Cysdéctis penz- 
ctllata), two Bristly Ground Squirrels (Xerzs setosus) from 
South Africa, presented by Mr. J. E. Matcham; a Common 
Duiker (Cephalophus grimmt, §) from South Africa, presented 
by Captain G. C. Denton; two Cormorants (Phalacrocorax 
carbo) from Scotland, presented by Mr. P. L. Pemberton; a 
Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) from West , Africa, 
presented by Mr. Geo. Hirst; two Blood-rumped Parrakeets 
(Psephotus haematonotus) from Australia, presented by Mrs. A. 
Chambers ; a Golden Eagle (4 7u2/a chrysaétus) from Scotland, 
presented by Mr. H. C. Ross; three Adorned Terrapins 
(Chrysemys ornata) from Mexico, presented by Mr. C. J. 
Rickards ; a Burchell’s Zebra (Aguas burchelli, 9) from South 
Africa, two Hairy Armadilles (Dasypus vzliosus) from La Plata, 
a Lion Marmoset (AZidas rosalia) from South-east Brazil, a 
Blue-fronted Amazon (Chrysotis aestiva) from South America, 
deposited ; a Chattering Lory (Zos7zes garrudus) from Moluccas, 
purchased ; two Collared Fruit Bats (Cynonycterts collaris), a 
Burrhel Wild Sheep (Quvés burrhe/), born in the Gardens. 
OUR ASTRONOMICAL COLUMN. 
ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES IN AUGUST :— 
August 2, Ith, 25m. Minimum of Algol (8 Persei). 
11. Maximum of the August meteoric shower of 
Perseids. 
14. 8h. 25m. to gh. 37m. Occultation of the star 
D.M. — 22°, 3989 (mag. 6) by the moon. 
14. 9h. 4m. Transit (immersion) of Jupiter’s Sat. III. 
15. Illuminated portion of the disc of Venus 0°989, of 
Mars 0949. 
18. 10h. 28m. to rth. 34m. Occultation of / Sagittarii 
(mag. 5'1) by the moon. 
22. Qh. 21m. to Ioh. 15m. Occultation of 16 Piscium 
(mag. 5°6) by the moon. 
22. 15h. Im. to 16h. 8m. Occultation of 19 Piscium 
. (mag. 5°2) by the moon. 
23. Outer minor axis of Saturn’s outer ring = 17’”"94. 
25. 9h. 57m. Minimum of Algol (8 Persei). 
26. 12h. 5m. to 13h. 5m. Occultation of +? Arietis 
(mag. 5°2) by the moon. 
26. 12h. 55m. to 13h. 51m. 
(mag. 5°6) by the moon. 
27. 16h. 20m. to 17h. 19m. 
(mag. 4°6) by the moon, 
27. 16h. 49m. to 18h. gm. 
(mag. 5°5) by the moon. 
29. 16h, 9m, to 17h. 25m. Occultation of 7 Geminorum 
(mag. variable) by the moon. 
30. 14h. 59m. torsh. 58m. Occultation of ¢ Geminorum 
(mag. variable) by the moon. 
TEMPEL’S COMET 1899 ¢ (1873 II.). 
Ephemerts for 12h. Paris Mean Time. 
R.A 
Occultation of 65 Arietis: 
Occultation of 2! Tauri 
Occultation of vw? Taur 
1899. Decl. Br. 
he ems: “st a) roa 
July 27 20 47 55°4 et. ©) 3698 
28 49 67 22 29 17 
2 50 180 23) 2517; 
39 52 29°2 23,35 4 
31 2 40°5 24) 17, 30 eeeaeSiO7S 
Aug. I 53 518 24 39 49 
2 ny wae 25 I1 40 
3 20 56 14°6 eS ASi ea 
