July 10, 1900] 



SCIENCE 



The bureaus will undertake the work of pro- 

 viding information relating to United States, 

 Canadian, British and other English-speaking 

 universities for the use of students, under- 

 graduates and others. They will also provide 

 information relating to educational tours of 

 any description in English-speaking countries, 

 and the arrangement of tours suitable to the 

 needs of the inquirer with a view to his ob- 

 taining the greatest facilities for education 

 with a minimum of expense. Eurthermore it 

 will be their duty to provide information as to 

 the best places for the study of educational, 

 governmental, industrial and social problems 

 in the United States, Canada and the United 

 Kingdom, and other parts of the empire, as 

 well as to provide introductions to leaders in 

 the above-named spheres of activity, besides 

 undertaking the organization and conduct of 

 special tours for educational purposes, if 

 necessary. 



It is proposed to provide 28 traveling schol- 

 arships, 14 of these being available for uni- 

 versities in the United Kingdom, 10 for uni- 

 versities in America and 4 for universities in 

 Canada. The arrangements will be controlled 

 by general committees, one for the United 

 Kingdom and one for Canada and the United 

 States, Bnless it is found necessary to inaugu- 

 rate a separate committee for each of the 

 latter. 



THE WIXyiPEG MEETING OF THE BRITISH 

 ASSOCIATION 



Some fui-ther announcements have been 

 made in regard to the seventy-ninth annual 

 meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, to be held at Winni- 

 peg from August 25 to September 1. 



The inaugural meeting will be held on Wed- 

 nesday, August 25, at 8.30 p.m., when Pro- 

 fessor Sir J. J. Thomson, Sc.D., D.Sc, E.RS., 

 assumes the presidency, in succession to Mr. 

 Francis Darwin, M.A., M.B., LL.D., E.R.S., 

 and will deliver an address. On Thursday, 

 August 26, at 8.30 p.m., the first evening dis- 

 course will be delivered by A. E. H. Tutton, 

 M.A., D.Sc, E.E.S., on "The Seven Styles 

 of Crystal Architecture." On Tuesday, Au- 



gust 31, at 8.30 P.M., the second evening dis- 

 course will be delivered by Professor W. A. 

 Ilerdman, D.Sc, F.E.S., on " Our Food from 

 the Waters." Lectures to the citizens of 

 Winnipeg will be delivered in the Walker 

 Theater by Professor Harold B. Dixon, M.A., 

 F.RS., on "The Chemistry of Flame," on 

 Monday evening, Aug-ust 30; and by Pro- 

 fessor J. H. Poynting, D.Sc, F.R.S., on 

 " The Pressure of Light," on Wednesday even- 

 ing, September 1. The concluding meeting 

 will be held in the legislative chamber. Parlia- 

 ment Building, on Wednesday, September 1, 

 at 3 P.M. 



Garden parties will be arranged on several 

 afternoons during the meeting, including 

 those given at the historic Lower Fort Garry 

 by the commissioner of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company and at the Provincial Agricultural 

 College. Evening receptions are intended to 

 be held by the Lieutenant-Governor at Gov- 

 ernment House and by the local executive 

 committee. 



Excursions will be arranged on Saturday, 

 August 28, to points of interest in the vicinity 

 of Winnipeg, including Stony Mountain and 

 the municipal stone quarries ; Lake Winnipeg, 

 St. Andrew's Eapids and Selkirk; the wheat 

 fields of Manitoba ; the hydro-electric plant 

 on the Winnipeg River. Members will also 

 have the opportunity of visiting the following 

 works in the city of Winnipeg: Canadian Pa- 

 cific Railway shops and yards, Canadian 

 Northern Railway shops. Grand Trunk Pa- ' 

 cific Railway shops (under construction), 

 Ogilvie flour mills, western Canada flour 

 mills, municipal high-pressure plant and ar- 

 tesian well system. 



An excursion will be arranged for mineral- 

 ogists and geologists to the Cobalt district 

 before the meeting. Headquarters for visitors 

 at Cobalt will be at the office of Mr. A. A. 

 Cole, Mining Engineer of the Temiskaming 

 and Northern Ontario Railway and a program 

 will be arranged for August 17 and 18. A 

 visit to Sudbury is also contemplated after 

 that to Cobalt. Further information may be 

 obtained from Professor W. G. Miller, pro- 



