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architect. Signer Passerini, may be congratu- 

 lated on having devised an edifice which is 

 ■worthy of its beautiful surroundings; also on 

 having wisely spared, as far as was possible, 

 the pine trees which once crowned the height 

 and still almost conceal the new palace from 

 view. The palace, which is the gift of the 

 King of Italy, is of considerable size, and con- 

 tains meeting rooms, reception rooms, and 

 private rooms for the delegates resident in 

 Rome. All the fittings are of the most com- 

 plete, even luxurious, character, and no money 

 has been spared to ensure comfort as well as 

 convenience. Besides the palace itself. King 

 Victor Emimanuel has generously endowed the 

 institute with an income of £12,000 a year, 

 which, added to the contributions of those 

 countries which have joined in the scheme, 

 will make a total of about £40,000 a year to 

 defray its expenses. The international char- 

 acter of the institute is already complete; 

 every nation has given its adhesion, and, with 

 few exceptions, has appointed its delegates. 

 There is no need to explain again the aims of 

 the institute, which have already been fully 

 set out in the columns of the Times. It owes 

 its existence, first, to the imagination of an 

 American, Mr. Lubin, who started the idea; 

 secondly, to the initiative of the King of Italy, 

 who brought his iniluence to bear in order to 

 realize it. Three years have not yet elapsed 

 since the conference assembled in Rome, June, 

 1905, at the king's invitation, and already the 

 institute has taken an actual and material 

 shape. The rapidity of its first growth is a 

 good augury for its future success. 



A COMMITTEE on the use of lead in the 

 manufacture of earthenware and china has 

 been appointed by the British home secretary. 

 The committee is to consider the dangers 

 attendant on the use of lead in pottery, and 

 to report how far these can be obviated by 

 improved appliances and methods in lead proc- 

 esses, by the limitation of the use of lead, by 

 the substitution of harmless compounds for 

 raw lead, or of other materials for lead, and 

 by other means. The committee is also in- 

 structed to consider the danger and injury to 

 health arising from dust or other causes in 



the manufacture of pottery, and the special 

 rules regulating the decoration of earthenware 

 and china. The members are: Mr. E. F. G. 

 Hatch (chairman), Mr. A. Vernon Harcourt, 

 F.R.S., Dr. George Eeid, Mr. William Burton 

 and Mr. Bernard Moore. 



The Ohio state legislature has passed the 

 following resolutions : 



Wheeeas, the health of the nation is of para- 

 mount importance, and " our national health is 

 physically our greatest national asset " ( Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt) and, 



Wheeeas, in the growth of nations it inevi- 

 tably happens that the people are massed in large 

 centers, thereby, if uncontrolled, creating unsani- 

 tary conditions destructive of life and health, and, 



Wheeeas, such conditions can be removed and 

 prevented only by the intelligent care and over- 

 sight of public health officials endowed with broad 

 powers and necessary means for action, and, 



Wheeeas, in the prevention of diseases by the 

 enforcement of health measures by local officials 

 in both urban and rural districts adequate results 

 can be obtained only when such measures are 

 soundly based upon well substantiated facts and 

 observations in relation to sanitation and hygiene, 

 and, 



Wheeeas, the United States government, in 

 ways impossible for the state and municipality, 

 may gather information and conduct research 

 work to determine the causes of disease and the 

 best measures for their prevention, and by co- 

 operation with state and local authorities may 

 promote the health of all the people, and, 



Whereas, the President in his Provincetown 

 speech expressed the hope "that there will be 

 legislation increasing the power of the national 

 government to deal with certain matters concern- 

 ing the health of our people everywhere," there- 

 fore, 



Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the 

 State of Ohio, that the Congress of the United 

 States be, and it is hereby memorialized and 

 urged, to create and establish a National Bureau 

 of Health, and endow it with power and funds 

 commensurate with the highly important duties 

 with which it will necessarily be entrusted; and. 



Be it further Resolved, that the senators and 

 members of the House of Representatives from 

 Ohio, in the congress of the United States, be, 

 and they are hereby requested, to urge congress 

 to adopt such legislation as may be necessary to 

 secure the establishment of said proposed bureau 

 of health. 



