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recommeuded for election into the Society : 

 Professor William F. Barrett, Mr. Charles 

 Booth, D.Sc, Major David Bruce, A.M.S., Mr. 

 Henry John Horstman Feutou, M.A., Mr. 

 James Sykes Gamble, Professor Alfred Cort 

 Haddon, Dr. Henry Head, Professor Conwy 

 Lloyd Morgan, F.G.S., Mr. Clement Reid, 

 F.G.S., Professor Henry Selby Hele Shaw, 

 M.Inst.C.E., Dr. Ernest Henry Starling, Pro- 

 fessor Henry William Lloyd Tanner, M. A., Mr. 

 Eichard Threlfall, Mr. Alfred E. Tuttou, B.Sc, 

 Professor Bertram Coghill Allen Windle, M.D. 



De. L. a. Bauer has resigned his position as 

 assistant professor of mathematics and mathe- 

 matical physics at the University of Cincinnati, 

 in order to accept the position of Chief of the 

 newly- formed Division of Terrestrial Magnetism , 

 of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 To this Division has been assigned the magnetic 

 survey of the United States and the countries 

 under its jurisdiction and the establishment of 

 magnetic observatories. Dr. Bauer has also 

 been appointed lecturer in terrestrial magnet- 

 ism at the Johns Hopkins University. The 

 journal Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric, 

 Electricity, beginning with the June number, 

 will hereafter be issued from the Johns Hopkins 

 University Press, Dr. Bauer continuing as 

 editor-in-chief. 



Commissioner-Geneeal Pece has appointed 

 Dr. Tarleton H. Bean Director of Forestry and 

 Fisheries of the United States Commission to 

 the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



Professor Edgae Feisbie, of the U. S. 

 Naval Observatory, having attained the age 

 limit prescribed by the U. S. Navy, will retire 

 on May 22d. 



De. G. Lindau has been appointed Custodian 

 of the Imperial Botanical Museum of Berlin. 



Nature states that Mr. F. V. Bennett, who 

 joined the Geological Survey of England in 

 1868, has resigned from the staff. During his 

 long service he has mapped large areas of the 

 Cretaceous, Tertiary and drift deposits in the 

 eastern counties in Surrey, Berkshire and 

 Wiltshire. 



The daily papers state that the gold medal 

 of the American Geographical Society will be 

 presented to Sir John Murray, the celebrated 



naturalist, on the occasion of the annual meet- 

 ing of the Royal Geographical Society in June. 

 The presentation will be made by United States 

 Ambassador Choate. 



The Council of the Institution of Civil Engi- 

 neers have made the following awards for papers 

 read and discussed before the Institution during 

 the past session : A George Stephenson medal 

 and premium to Mr. R. A. Hadfield, a Telford 

 medal and premium to Mr. J. T. Blilton, Watt 

 medals and premiums to Sir Albert J, Durston 

 and Mr. H. J. Oram, a Crampton prize to Mr. 

 Francis Fox, a Manby premium to Sir William 

 Roberts-Austen, and Telford premiums to Mr. 

 J. M. Dobsou, Mr. W. G. Kirkaldy and Mr. A. 

 P. Head. The presentation of these awards, 

 together with those for papers which have not 

 been subject to discussion and will be an- 

 nounced later, will take place at the inaugural 

 meeting of next session. 



Professor Carl Christiansen, who holds 

 the chair of physics in the University of Copen- 

 hagen, is at present visiting American univer- 

 sities. 



The following oflBcers of the Royal Institution 

 have been elected for the ensuing year : Presi- 

 dent, the Duke of Northumberland ; Treasurer, 

 Sir James Crichton-Browne ; Secretary, Sir 

 Frederick Bramwell ; Managers, Sir Frederick 

 Abel, Sir William Crookes, the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Lord Salisbury, Lord Halsbury, Dr. W. 

 C. Hood, Professor D. E. Hughes, Lord Kelvin, 

 Mr. A. B. Kempe, Mr. H. Leonard, Sir Andrew 

 Noble, Mr. A. Siemens, Mr. B. W. Smith, Mr. 

 V»'. H. Spottiswoode and Sir Henry Thompson ; 

 Visitors, Mr. W. H. Bennet, Mr. A. Blyth, Mr. 

 M. Horner, Mr. E. Kraftmeier, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel L. W. Longstaflf, Mr. F. McClean, Mr. 

 H. F. Makins, Mr. L. Mears, Dr. R. Messel, 

 Mr. L. M. Rate, Mr. J. C. Ross, Mr. W. J. Rus- 

 sell, Mr. A. G. Salamon, Sir James Vaughan 

 and Mr. J. J. Vezey. 



Me. Andrew Caenegie has been elected an 

 honorary member of the American Library As- 

 sociation in recognition of his munificent gifts 

 for American libraries. 



Mr. Charles Leeson Prince died at Tun- 

 bridge Wells on April 22d. He became a 

 member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 



