THE very unfortunate report of the death of Dr. Geo. M. 
Dawson, we are most happy to state, proves to be entirely 
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operator in substituting ‘“‘D” for ‘‘L” in transmitting a notice of 
the death of Dr. George Lawson, of Halifax. The erroneous 
report received considerable currency in the English press and 
appeared in a part of an issue of ature, but was corrected by a 
second cablegram before the edition was completed. The false 
report returned to this country, but the correction, as usually 
happens in such cases, did not keep equal pace with it. The 
erroneous announcement appeared in Sczence, accompanied by a 
biographical notice, and thence received currency in this country. 
This was duly corrected in a later issue of Sczence, but the happy 
information again fell far behind the sad news, in our case and 
in some others, and so we find ourselves among the latest and 
most unfortunate victims of a mistake, very slight in a phonic 
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pleasure, however, to know that it is a mistake. We offer to Dr. 
Dawson and his friends our profound apologies. 
