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and Biology, and in the subjects of any papers which may have 
been sent in. Candidates are invited to send in to the Exa- 
miners (care of Mr. Trotter), on or before May 15, 1874, any 
papers which they may have published containing original 
observations or experiments, or discussions of scientific ques- 
tions, or any similar matter in manuscript. The papers may be 
on any branch of Natural Science which is not strictly medical. 
They must be accompanied by a statement as to what portions 
of the matter are claimed as original, and of the sources from 
which the rest is derived so far as they are not explicitly stated 
in the paper itself. Candidates will be liable to be examined in 
the subjects of their papers, and in matters connected with 
them, or in the branches of science to which they refer. This 
Fellowship will be open to all Bachelors of Arts, Bachelors of 
Law, and Bachelors of Medicine of the University, whose 
standing after their first degree does not exceed three years. 
Candidates who are not members of the College must send their 
names to the Master on or before September 15, accompanied 
by certificates of good character. For further information, apply 
to the Rev. Coutts Trotter, Tutor of Trinity. 
M. RENE DE BREBISSON writing under date of Fetruary 16 
to the Secretary of the Dublin Microscopical Club, mentions that 
while the smaller collections of Algz belonging to his late 
distinguished father, had for some time past been disposed of, yet 
the large collection of Diatomacez was still forsale. This 
collection contains (1) 8,000 prepared slides, some in fluid, but 
the greater part by far in Canada Balsam ; (2) about 600 tubes 
and bottles of Diatoms in alcohol ready for mounting; and 
(3) a collection of Diatoms on mica and some few n paper. 
These collections contain the types of most of the species de- 
scribed by De Brebisson, Kutzing, Smith, Ralfs, Grunow, 
W. Arnott, De Notaris, &c. &c. The price asked is 10,000 
francs, but possibly for a public collection 8,000 francs might be 
taken. The collection is well worthy the attention of botanists, 
and we hope soon to be able to report that it has been 
disposed of. 
TueE Royal Dublin Society has inaugurated a course of lec- 
tures on subjects connected with public health, in the arrange- 
ment of which the Dublin Sanitary Association afforded its 
advice and assistance ; the first of the series, being Introductory, 
was delivered on Saturday, Feb. 22, by Dr. W. Stokes, F.R.S., 
and the remaining ten will be delivered each Saturday until com- 
pleted. The Subjects and Lecturers are as follows :—On the 
discrimination of Unadulterated Food, by Dr. J. Emerson Rey- 
nolds. On Meteorology in ils bearing on Health and Disease, by 
Dr. T. W. Moore. On the Geographical Distribution of Disease, 
by Dr. T. Little. On Zymotic and Preventible Diseases, by Dr. 
T. Grimshaw. On liability to Disease, by Dr. Alfred Hudson, 
On Antiseptics and Disinfection, by Dr, R. Macdonnell, F.R.S. 
The Prevention of A:tisans’ Diseases, by Dr. E. D, Mapother. 
On the Contagion Theory of Epid. mics, by Rev. Dr. Haughton, 
F.R.S. On the Construction of Dwelling Houses, with refe- 
rence to their Sanitary arrangement, by Mr..G. C. Henderson ; 
and on Sanitary Legislation, by Mr. R. O. B. Furlong. 
WE understand that the delay which has occurred in the 
issue of the volume of the Zoological Record for 1871, has been 
caused by the iliness of one of the contributors to the Inverte- 
brate section. At a recent meeting of the Council of the 
Zoologica! Record Association it was determined to issue the 
portion of the volume already completed (down to the end of 
the Insecta) immediately, leaving the remaining section until the 
health of the contributor allows of its completion. 
ProF. GIGLIOLI, of Florence, has lately re-examined the 
skull of the Chimpanzee of East Africa, which was obtained 
some years ago from the Upper White Nile, and was formerly 
in the Museum of the School of Medicine of Cairo, and has 
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come to the conclusion that it belongs to a new species which he 
proposes tocall Zroglodytes Schweinfurthit, after the well-known 
African traveller of that name. 
THE Royal Zoological Society of Ireland has just issued its 
forty-first annual Report. It would appear that the Gardens 
were visited during 1872 by 147,184 persons, being nearly 
20,000 less than 1871; but this is abundantly accounted for by 
the extreme wetness of the past year. Perhaps the most inte- 
resting addition to the Garden during that period consisted of 
two living specimens of the Climbing Perch of India (Anadas 
scandens) ; these were presented by Staff-Surgeon Dobson of 
Calcutta. 
WE bave received from Mr. Rooseve't, the secretary, the 
third and fourth annual Reports of the American Museum of 
Natural History, from which we learn that this newly founded 
national collection, situated in Central Park, New York, is being 
conducted with an enterprise and discretion which, if continued, 
will shortly render it worthy of the capital it represents. 
quently during the last year it was visited by more than 10,000 
people in one day, and every encouragement is given to students 
of science. Among the most valuable donations during the last 
two years is a great Auk, presented by Mr. R. L. Stuart, and a 
large collection of insects from Madame Verreaux, of Paris. 
Pror. TYNDALL arrived at Liverpool on the 19th inst., in 
the Cuda. 
Av Thorn, in Prussia, where he was born-in 1473, the four 
hundredth anniversary of the birthday of Copernicus was cele- 
brated on February 19. Speeches were delivered by several 
scientific men, and a ball was given in the town hall. 
ACCORDING to the accounts we have as yet seen of the Samos 
earthquake it was of a remarkable character. It affected chiefly 
the pretty little capital of Vathy. The shocks were not felt 
throughout the island, but only on the coast between Kotzika 
and Pagonda. Nevertheless a counter shock was felt as far off 
as Smyrna. So far as we can make out, the first shock, which 
was the strongest, was felt at1 A.M. Up to Feb. 3, 104 shocks 
had been felt at intervals, 4 or 5 very strong and threatening. 
THE Smyrna earthquake was on Feb. 1 or Jan. 31 at night, 
and was violent. ‘The oscillation is reported as from S.W. to 
N.E. 
THE weather in Vanina, in Epirus, up to the beginning of 
February, had been most remarkable. There had been great 
rains, and the fruit trees had already yielded fruit. In the 
neighbouring provinces of Bosnia and Prizrend the fruit trees had 
also Llossomed in full winter, and some had given fruit. The 
like is reported from Verzin, where plum trees, pears and figs 
had produced iruit of good quality. 
A COAL mine has been discovered in the Bagdad district 
between Yezireh and Zeto. According to the report of M. 
Mougel, engineer to the viceroyalty, the furmation extends over 
a length of more than four miles with a breadth of from 400 to 
450 feet. About $4 tons were got out in the first three weeks. 
WE have received from Dr. Petermann a beautifully executed 
map of South-west Germany, with Alsace and Lorraine as they 
existed before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. 
WE learn from the Zimes of Zndia that the Bombay Geogra- 
phical Society has been formally amalgamated with the local 
branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
WE learn from the Garden that an American has made an 
experiment with the view of ascertaining how far soil is pro- 
tected from cold by snow. For four successive winter days, 
there being four inches of snow on a level, he found the average 
temperature immediately above the snow 14° below zero ; imme- 
diately beneath, 10° above zero ; and under a drift 2 ft. deep, 27° 
above zero, 
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