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ber« of the 'Committee of Patronage' of the 

 Fourth International CongreHS of Zoology, and 

 a large number of thera have exprefised the hope 

 that they will be abjeto be present at the meet- 

 ing in AuguBt next. Among these may be men- 

 tioned the names of Professor Hiiokel, of Jena; 

 Professor Graff, of Oraz ; Professor Orassi, of 

 Rome ; M. Blanchard, of Paris; Baron Jules de 

 Guerne, who has been associated with the 

 Prince of Monaco ; Dr. Jentink, of Leyden, 

 who was President of the Third Congress ; L»r. 

 Dollo, of Brussels ; and Professor Collett, of 

 Christiania. From the United States it is ex- 

 pected that there will be a somewhat large con- 

 tingent, including Professors Osborn, Bcott, 

 Wilson and \Vatas<;. 



It is jtroposed to erect, by international sub- 

 scription, a monument to Buysballot, the emi- 

 nent Dutch meteorologist, who died in 1890. 

 Subscriptions may be sent to Dr. Mauritz Snel- 

 len, Director of the Meteorological Institute, 

 Bilt, near Utrecht. 



Job/; d' AnchietA, a zoologist who has made 

 important collections and observations in the 

 Portugese African possessions, died in Caconda 

 (Angola;, on September 14th last, at the age of 

 C6 years. .1. Ifoyes Panton, professor of hti- 

 ology and geology at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Canada, died at Ontario on March 2d. 



Two generous htenefactors of educational in- 

 Btitutions have died during the week, Mr. 

 Jacob Tome, who endowed the .lacob Tome In- 

 stitute, at Port Deposit, 3Id., with $2,000,000, 

 and Mr. Thomas McKean, who gave the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania sums aggregating 

 $300,000. 



The Academy of Medicine, Paris, has awarded 

 the Monbinne prize of $300 to Dr. Huguet, army 

 surgeon, to enable hirn to continue his scientific 

 mission for exploring Mount ZaVj. 



De. Gael LuMHomz and Dr. A. Hrdlicka 

 have left New York for Mexico to study the 

 Mexican Indians and antiquities. 



Eeutee'.s Agency is informed that the jjlans 

 have Vjeen formed by Major Gilibons for the 

 forthcoming expedition through Africa from 

 south to north. The primary object of the 

 journey is the continuation of the valuable 



geographical work already accomplished by the 

 explorer on the Zambesi, after which it is hoped 

 to continue the journey ma the Great I^akes to 

 the Nile, and tfience, if the jjolitical situation 

 then permits, down that river to Cairo, thereby 

 accomplishing a through journey from Cape 

 Town to Cairo, or, failing that, to reach the 

 West Coast via the Congo. An interesting 

 feature of the expedition is the employment of 

 specially constructed aluminium launches and 

 barges, which can be taken to pieces and put 

 together again, thus enabling the expedition to 

 be divided into as many as four sections. In 

 addition to a grant from the Royal Geograph- 

 ical Society, Major Gibbons is receiving support 

 from certain government dex^artments, for 

 whom he will do special work. Major Gibbons 

 hopes to make the whole journey in about 18 

 months. 



The Zurich correspondent of the London, 

 Timf.H writes that the observatory of Mont Blanc, 

 which was constructed by 31. ^(yMi\iii Vallot 

 some seven years ago, is to be transferred to 

 another site. The present structure is built 

 on a small rocky jjlateau, which extends for 

 a short distance from the Rochers des Bosses, 

 but its position is no longer favorable for scfen- 

 tific observations. The construction of the 

 building has served as a barrier against which 

 the snow piles itself in ever-increasing masses, 

 causing both trouble and expense to the ob- 

 servatory staff. The whole erection is to be 

 transferred, piece by piece, on the backs of 

 workmen from the Rochers des Bosses to a 

 rocky point at the same altitude, where the- 

 ground will first be levelled by blasting, and, 

 in spite of the difficulties of climate and trans- 

 port attending these operations, it is hoped that 

 the whole transfer will be finished in the course 

 of one summer season. 



The Russian Society of Geography proposes 

 to establish a meteorological station on Elbrouz, 

 in the Caucasus, at an altitude 5,636 meters. 



Me. Caexegie haus given $10,000 to the Car- 

 negie Library, Pittsburg, for the purchase of 

 scientific books. 



We have already announced the fact that the 

 American Women's Committee have succeeded 

 in securing subscrijitions for a table for women at 



