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he had heen able to cover nearly 300 yards. 

 He is now at work on a four-horse power oil 

 engine, to weigh about 40 pounds, which he 

 intends to fit together with a five-foot screw 

 propeller to one of these machines ; he hopes 

 then to have a genuine flying machine. Cap- 

 tain Baden-Powell described an aluminum bal- 

 loon, fitted with a Daimler oil-motor, which 

 had recently been tried at Berlin with some- 

 what qualified success, and after a few remarks 

 from the chairman on the military aspects of 

 flying machines, the proceedings terminated 

 with a vote of thanks to those who had brought 

 forward exhibits. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 

 President Haepeb says in his twenty-flrst 

 quarterly statement that it is the custom of the 

 Board of Trustees to arrange for the expendi- 

 tures of a particular year six months before the 

 beginning of that year. In accordance with this 

 custom the Trustees, on December 29th, voted 

 the budget for the year beginning July 1, 1898. 

 The assured income of the University from all 

 sources was estimated at $529,000. In addition 

 to this amount the founder of the University, 

 Mr. Rockefeller, has been kind enough to desig- 

 nate, under certain conditions, the sum of $200- 

 000, making in all $729,000. The expenditures 

 of the various divisions of the University and 

 of the various departments have been adjusted 

 to this estimated income. The sum of $25,000 

 has been set apart as a contingent fund and the 

 remainder is distributed as follows : 



Administration and General Expenses, . . $72,875 

 Faculty of Arts, Literature and Science, 347,767 



The Divinity School, 49,516 



The Morgan Park Academy, 37,120 



University Extension Division, 41,064 



Libraries, Laboratories and Museums, .. 44,615 



Printing and Publishing, 41,560 



Physical Culture, 7,500 



AfSliatedWork 3,000 



Buildings and Grounds, 59,425 



The number of graduate students in arts and 

 science in several leading universities are given 

 by the Harvard Graduates' Magazine as follows : 

 Harvard, 268 ; Yale, 254 ; Johns Hopkins, 220, 

 and Columbia, 207. The number at Chicago 

 appears from President Harper's recent state- 



ment to be larger than in any other American 

 university, namely, 324, of which 202 are men 

 and 122 are women. 



During the present winter semester the reg- 

 istration of regular students in Berlin University 

 amounts to 5,921. This is the largest registra- 

 tion in ths history of the University, being 400 

 in excess of last winter. 



Professor James E. Kussell, of the depart- 

 ment of Education in the Teachers' College, 

 New York, has been appointed Dean of the 

 College and will, with Dr. F. S. Baker, of the 

 department of English, represent the College oui 

 the Council of Columbia University. 



The Academy of Sciences, Paris, has recom- 

 mended M. C. Chatelier, professor of chemistry 

 in the School of Mines, and M. Joannis, lec- 

 turer at the Sorbonne, as candidates for the 

 chair of mineralogical chemistry in the College 

 de France, vacant by the death of M. Schiitzen- 

 berger. 



M. GuiART has been given charge of the prac- 

 tical work in natural history under the Faculty 

 of Medicine in the University of Paris. 



Mr. Alfred Hopkins, Q.C, M.P., has been 

 elected Principal of Owens College, Manchester, 

 in succession to Dr. Ward, resigned. Mr. 

 Hopkins has announced his attention of retiring 

 from Parliament. 



Dr. Julius IstvInffy has been appointed 

 professor of botany in the University of Klau- 

 senburg, and Dr. Alexander M4gocsy-Dietz as- 

 sociate professor of botany in the University of 

 Budapest. Dr. Ambronn and Dr. Ehumbler, 

 docents in astronomy and zoology in the Uni- 

 versity of Gottingen, have been promoted to 

 professorships. M. Benard has been appointed 

 assistant in physics at the College de France, 

 succeeding M. Maurain. 



DISCUSSION AND COBBESPONDENCE. 



CLIMATIC CONTRASTS ALONG THE OROYA 



RAILWAY. 



To THE Editor of Science : Much has 

 been written concerning the wonderful engi- 

 neering necessary in order to construct the 

 Oroya Eailway, and concerning the scenerj' 

 along its line, and every one is more or less 



