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rightly placed in the second group of the 

 periodic table, thus confirming the generally 

 accepted views of chemists. 



J. L. H. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ZOOLOGY. 



At the meeting of the International Congress 

 of Zoology at Leyden, in 1895, it was agreed 

 that the Fourth Congress should he held in 

 Great Britain, and that the President should he 

 Sir William Flower, K.C.B., F.R.S. As we 

 have already announced, the Permanent Com- 

 mittee of the Congress accepted an invitation to 

 assemble at Cambridge in August, 1898. Sir 

 W. Flower was compelled to resign on account 

 of ill health and Sir John Lubbock was unani- 

 mously selected in his place. 



The seat of an ancient University, which 

 counts among its alumni distinguished zoologists 

 from the days of Ray and Willughby to those 

 of Charles Darwin and Francis Balfour, seems 

 to offer a peculiarly fit meeting-place for the 

 Congress on its first visit to the British Islands, 

 and the Reception Committee, including the 

 present representatives of zoological science 

 in Cambridge, offer a cordial welcome to their 

 brethren at home and abroad. 



The officers of the Congress are : President, 

 Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, D.C.L., F.R.S.; 

 Vice-Presidents, The Vice- Chancellor of the 

 University of Cambridge, Mr. W. T. Blanford, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B. 



7 7 7 , 



D.C.L., F.R.S. , President of the Linnean So, 

 ciety (Dr. A. Giinther), Professor E. Ray Lan- 

 kester, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor A. Newton, 

 F.R.S., Mr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., President of 

 the Entomological Society (Mr. R. Trimen), 

 Sir William Turner, F.R.S., Lord Walsing- 

 ham, LL.D., F.R.S.; Treasurers, Professor S. 

 J. Hickson, F.R.S., Mr. P. L. Sclater; Sec- 

 retaries, Professor F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., Mr. 

 G. C. Bourne, M.A., Mr. A. Sedgwick, M.A., 

 F.R.S., and a large general committee. 



The Executive Committee, appointed by the 

 General Committee at their meeting on Novem- 

 ber 4th, have now made the necessary pre- 

 liminary arrangements for the holding of the 

 Congress in August next. The Reception Com- 

 mittee hope to avail themselves largely of the 



facilities offered by the several colleges of Cam- 

 bridge for the accommodation and entertain- 

 ment of their visitors, while there is assurance 

 that the more suitable of the public buildings 

 of the University will also be placed at their 

 disposal for the same purposes. 



The International Congress of Physiology is 

 to meet in Cambridge concurrently with that of 

 Zoology, and certain arrangements will be 

 made in common, though there is no intention 

 of uniting the two Congresses, each of which 

 will retain its distinct organization. 



The Secretary has issued an appeal for funds 

 that will be necessary to carry out the pur- 

 poses of the Congress. Some members of the 

 Executive Committee and others have already 

 intimated their intention to make donations, 

 and a list of these will be found below. 

 Cheques should be sent to P. L. Sclater, Esq., 

 F.R.S., or Professor Hickson, F.R.S., the Hon. 

 Treasurers, at 3 Hanover Square, London, W. 



DONATIONS ALREADY PROMISED. 



£. S. d. 



Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart, M.P... 50 



Hon. Walter Rothschild 50 



A. Peckover, Esq 50 



Sir William Flower, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.E.S. 25 



The Lord Powerscourt 5 



The Lord AValsingham, F.R.S 5 



P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S 5 



Howard Saunders, Esq 3 3 



E. Trimen, Esq 3 3 



GENERAL. 



Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United States 

 Commissioner of Labor, has received a cable 

 dispatch announcing his election as a member 

 of the Institute of France. He has also been 

 elected an honorary member of the Imperial 

 Academy of Science of Russia. 



We learn from the Philadelphia Medical 

 Journal that a portrait of the late Dr. Theodore 

 G. Wormley, professor of chemistry and toxi- 

 cology in the medical department of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, has been subscribed 

 for by the students of the medical, veterinary 

 and dental departments of the University, and 

 by members of the faculty. It is to be formally 

 presented to the Board of Trustees at the next 

 commencement of the University. 



