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ticularly brachiopods and mollusca. This is 

 the second large collection of fossils which 

 has been given to the U. S. National Museum 

 during the past five years, the other being the 

 ' R. D. Lacoe Collection ' of fossil plants. 



Dr. Thomas Egleston, emeritus professor 

 of mineralogy and metallurgy at Columbia 

 University, has presented the government of 

 France with the sum of $5,000, in aid of the 

 mineralogical collection of the School of Mines 

 at Paris, from which he graduated in 1860. 



The will of the late Andrew M. Moore, of 

 Philadelphia, bequeaths his entire estate, esti- 

 mated at $5,000,000, to his three sons, to be 

 held in trust during their lifetime. On the 

 death of the last surviving son the trustees are 

 empowered ' to found and maintain such 

 charitable or educational institution or estab- 

 lishment in my name as they desire or may 

 deem wise or proper.' Directions are also 

 given that the charities to be founded shall be 

 absolutely non-sectarian. 



We learn from the Philadelphia Medical 

 Journal that the Second Quinquennial Prize of 

 one thousand dollars under the will of the late 

 Samuel D. Gross, M. D., will be awarded on 

 January 1, 1900. The conditions annexed by 

 the testator are that the prize ' shall be awarded 

 every five years to the writer of the best original 

 essay, not exceeding one hundred and fifty 

 printed pages octavo, in length, illustrative of 

 some subject in Surgical Pathology or Surgical 

 Practice, founded upon original investigations, 

 the candidates for the prize to be American 

 citizens. ' The prize essay must subsequently be 

 published in book form and one copy of the 

 work deposited in the Samuel D. Gross Library 

 of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. The 

 essays, which must be written by a single author 

 in the English language, should be sent to Dr. 

 J. Ewing Mears, 1429 Walnut street, Philadel- 

 phia, before January 1, 1900. Each essay must 

 be distinguished by a motto, and accompanied 

 by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto, 

 and containing the name and address of the 

 writer. No envelope will be opened except 

 that which accompanies the successful essay. 



We regret to record the death of Dr. Eduard 

 Wiederhold, the chemist, of Cassel, on January 



the 11th, and of Jean Linden, the botanist, in 

 Brussels, on January 12th, aged eighty-one 

 years. 



Professob F. B. Crocker, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, President of the American Institute of 

 Electrical Engineers, has accepted the position 

 of consulting engineer of the Electrical Exhibi- 

 tion to be held in Madison Garden, New York, 

 next May. 



We learn from the Lancet that a meeting of 

 the local executive committee of the British 

 Association was held in Bristol on January 

 10th. It was mentioned that between £3,000 

 and £4,000 will be required in connection with 

 the forthcoming meeting of the Association in 

 Bristol, and the Mayor is sending out an appeal 

 to the citizens for this amount. Arrangements 

 are being made for the proposed Biological 

 Exhibition. Several excursions have been 

 planned, among these being visits to Bath, 

 where the Mayor and citizens will entertain 

 the visitors ; to Aust, Tortworth, where Lord 

 Ducie will entertain a party ; to the Severn 

 Tunnel, Stanton Drew, Cheddar, Glastonbury, 

 Stonehenge, Salisbury, Longleat, Raglan Castle, 

 etc. There are also committees at Montreal 

 and Toronto (at the former city Dr. Bovey and 

 at the latter Dr. Macallum are the Honorary 

 Secretaries), and it is expected that a consider- 

 able number of Canadian visitors will be pres- 

 ent at the meeting. 



At the monthly general meeting of the 

 Zoological Society of London held on January 

 20th it was reported that the total number of 

 visitors to the Society's gardens during the 

 year 1897 had been 717,755, showing an in- 

 crease of 52,751 over that of the previous year. 

 The amount of money received at the gates 

 during the year was £17,261, being nearly 

 £1,600 more than the total amount received in 

 the year 1896. 



An International Photographic Exhibition, 

 to be held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 

 from April 27th to May 14th, is announced in 

 the English papers. The Exhibition, which 

 will be held under the auspices of the Royal 

 Photographic Society, will be divided into eight 

 sections : (1) history of photography ; (2) pic- 

 torial photography ; (3) portraiture and general 



