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Atkinson as a Teacher of Physics, for the purposes of medical 

 education. 



The honorary degree of M.A. is proposed to be conferred on 

 A[r. A. Graliam, First Assistant at the Observatory, in recog- 

 nition of his astronomical services. 



Mr. M. C, Potter of Peterhouse has been appointed Assistant 

 Curator of the Herbarium. 



Mr. W. H. Caldwell, Fellow of Caius College, has been 

 appointed the first Balfour student. 



At St. John's College, in December, there will be open 

 for competition among students who have not commenced 

 residence in the University — The Foundation Scholarships 

 then vacant, two of which may, after residence is com- 

 menced, be increased in value to loo/. a year on condition 

 of regular residence, satisfactory progi-ess, and good conduct ; 

 four Minor Scholai->hips, two being of the value of 75/. a year 

 and two of 50/. a year ; three Exhibitions of 50/. a year for two 

 years ; one Exhibition of 40/. a year for four years ; one Exhi- 

 tition of 32/. a year for four years ; together with two Exhibi- 

 tions of 30/. a year for four years ; one E.xhibition of 33/. 6x. %d. 

 a year for three years. The number of Exhibitions may be in- 

 creased if candidates of sufficient merit present themselves. The 

 Foundation Scholarships and Minor Scholarships are open to 

 candidates under nineteen years of age. 1 he Minor Scholarships 

 are tenable for two years, or until the Minor Scholar is elected 

 to a Foundation Sch ilarship. The Exhibitions are open to all 

 candidates irrespective of age, and are not vacated by the elec- 

 tion of the Exhibitioner to a Foundation Scholarship. The 

 number of Foundation Scholarships is sixty. Candidates may 

 present themselves for examination in any of the following sub- 

 jects, namely. Classics, Mathematics, Natural Science, Hebrew, 

 and Saa-krit. A candidate may be elected on the ground of 

 proficiency in any one of these taken singly. The Examination in 

 Natural Science will include papers and practical work in Physics, 

 Chemistry, General Biology, Botany, Zoology and Comparative 

 Anatomy, Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Geology. Every 

 candidate must show a competent knowledge of two at least of 

 the following subjects, namely: (l) Elementary Physics, (2) 

 Elementary Chemistry, {3) Elementary Biology [the range of the 

 examination in Elementary Biology may be taken as defined by 

 the contents of Huxley and Martin's "Course of Practical 

 Instruction in i;iementary Biology" (Macmillan)]. A candidate 

 may be elected on the ground of special proficiency in any one 

 of the foregoing sciences. Each candidate's n:ime should be 

 sent not later than November 27, 1883, to the tutor under whom 

 it is proposed to place him. 



SCIENTIFIC SERIALS 



The Journal of Physiology, vol. iv. Nos. 2 and 3, August, 

 18S3, contains : W. H. Gaskell, on the innervation of the heart, 

 with special reference to the heart of the tortoise (plates 2 to 5). 

 — T. Th. Cash, description of a double cardiograph for the frog's 

 heart. — Wesley T. Mills, an examination of some controverted 

 jioints of the physiology of the voice, especially the registers of 

 the singing voice and the falsetto. — F.Warner, a method and 

 apparatus for obtaining graphic records of various kinds of 

 movements of the hand and its parts, and of enumerating such 

 movements and their combinations (plate 6). — H. H. Donald- 

 son and L. T. Stevens, the influence of digitaline on the work 

 of the heart and on the flow through the blood-vessels. — G. F. 

 Yeo and Th. Cash, on the relation between the active phases of 

 contraction and the latent period of skeletal muscle. — S. Ringer, 

 a third contribution regarding the influence of the inorganic con- 

 stituents of the blood on the ventricular contraction. — L. C. 

 Wooldridge, further observations on the coagulation of the 

 blood. — Also Supplement Part to vol. iv. Physiological papers 

 of 1882. 



The Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, October, 

 1883, contains : On Asflanchna ebbisbornii, nov. sp., by E. T. 

 Hudson, LL.D. (plates 9 and 10), with the usual bimonthly 

 summary of current researches relating to zoology and botany 

 (principally Ii.vertebrata and Cryptogamia), microscopy, &c. 



The American Naturalist for October, 1883, contains : Man's 

 place in nature, by W. N. Lockington. — The Naturalist Bra- 

 zilian Expedition (No. 2, continued), the Lower Jacuhy and Sao 

 Jeronymo, by H. H. Smith. — On the shells of the Colorado 



desert and the region further east, by R. E. Stearns (woodcuts)' 

 — Review of Report C4 second geological survey of Peansyl" 

 vania, by Dr. P. Frazer. — Means of plant disiiersion, by E. J. 

 Hill. — Is the group Arthropoda a valid one? by J. S. Kingsley. 

 — On the Serpentine of Staten Island, New York, and on a 

 classification of the natural sciences, by T. Sterry Hunt. 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South IVales, vol. 

 vii. part 4, 1883, contains : — E. P. Ramsay, on new species of 

 Solea ; contributions to Australian Oology, part 2 ; notes on 

 birds from Solomon Islands. — E. Meyrick, Au'-tralian Micro- 

 lepidoptera, Oecophorida;. — Prof. Stephens, geology of the 

 Western coalfields, parts i and 2. — Dr. J. C. Cox, edible 

 Australian oysters. — C. W. de Vis, new birds of Queensland ; 

 description of a new Belideus from Northern Queensland ; on two 

 new Queensland fishes. — Rev. C. Kalchbrenner, Fungi aliquot 

 Austraiiu! Orientalis, and on new species of Agaricus. — Rev. 

 J. E. Tenison- Woods, bot.anical notes on Queensland ; on a 

 species of Brachyphyllum from mesozoic coal beds, Ipswich, 

 Queensland. — Wm. Macleay, new fishes of New Guinea, No. 3. 

 — Wm. A. Haswell, on Phoronis australis, n.sp. ; an instance 

 of symbiosis (an Actinia lodging in the pits of a species of 

 Cellepora) ; segmental organs of Aphroditea. — On some new 

 species of Australian tubicolous annelids (plate). — E. Haviland, 

 plants indigenous to Sydney. — Rev. Dr. WooUs, Eucalypts first 

 known in Europe. — J. J. Fletcher, comparative anatomy of the 

 female urogenital system in kangaroos, part i. — Dr. H. B. 

 Guppy, habits of the Birgas of the Solomon Islands. 



Vol. viii. part I, June 19, 1S83, contains : — William Macleay, 

 a new form of mullet from New Guinea. — J. J. Fletcher, 

 anatomy of the urogenital system of the kangaroos, part 2. — 

 C. W. de Vis, extinct marsupial remains. — C. P. Ramsay, con- 

 tributions to the zoology of New Guinea (plate, Hapalotes 

 papuanus). — Some new Australian fishes. — H. R. Whittell, 

 habits of Pclopo:us kins, and Larrada australis ; on the voracity 

 of a species of Heterostema. — Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, on 

 the coal flora of Australia (eleven plates, heliotypes) ; gives a 

 history of the subject and descriptive list of fossils (pp. 36-167). — 

 Rev. B. Scortechini, contributions to the flora of Queensland. — 

 Rev. C. Kalchbrenner, two new fungi. — ^Jas. Norton, fructifi- 

 cation of the Bunya (Araucaria bidzoellii) in Queensland. 



Vol. viii. part 2, July 17, 18S3, contains : — E. Haviland, 

 plants indigenous to Sydney, Nos. 3 and 4. — C. W. de Vis, tooth- 

 marked bones of extinct marsupials ; on Brachalletcs palmeri, 

 an extinct marsupial ; on a lower jaw of PaJorchesles azael ; on 

 some new genera and species of Australian fishes. — H. K. 

 Bennett, habits of Lcipoa ocellata ; on water from Eucalypti 

 roots. — Wm. Macleay, fishes from the Burdekin and Mary 

 Rivers; New Guinea fishes. No. 4. —J. J. Fletcher, on a vivi- 

 parous lizard (Hinulia elegans). — ^John Brazier, synonymy of 

 Australian and Polynesian land and marine mollusca ; localities 

 of some species of recent Polynesian mollusca. — Rev. J. E. 

 Teni-on- Woods, mesozoic fossils from Central Australia (two 

 plates). — Rev. B. Scortechini, second half century of plants new 

 to South Queensland. 



Revue Internationale des Sciences Biologiques for July, 1883, 

 contains : — Elie Reclus, studies on indigenous people : the 

 Khonds. — Prof. Huxley, living orgauismjs and the way to study 

 them (translated). — Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, 

 Paris. 



August. — Leon Metchnikov, essay on the Christian commu. 

 nion : the God of Nyssa and the God of Nazareth. — Prof. Huxley, 

 living organisms and the way to study them (translated). — Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, and of the 

 Academy of Sciences, Paris. 



September. — Prof. Huxley, living organisms and the way to 

 study them (translated). — Prof. Williamson, the primitive ances- 

 tors of living plants and their relation to the doctrine of evolu- 

 tion.— Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, Paris. 



Atti of the Royal Academy del Lincei, June 17. — Remarks 

 on Schiffs memoir on changes of volume during fusion, by 

 Sig. Camizzaro. — On De Stefani's upper crest of the Apen- 

 nines, by S. Capellini and Taramelli. — On the temperature 

 corresponding with the glacial period, by S. Pietro Blaserna. 

 — On the measurement of altitudes by means of the barome- 

 ter, by S. Paolo Busin. — On the isobarometric types of Italy, 

 by the same author. — On the first phenomena in the deve- 

 lopment of the embryo of the Bdops (Salpa maxima), by S. 

 Francesco Todaro. — On the caloric developed in litiuids by the 



