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of Science." Every effort will be made to 

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Election of Ojficers. — According to the pro- 

 visions of the constitution of the Pacific Divi- 

 sion of the American Association, the election 

 of three members of the executive committee 

 from nominations prepared by a duly ap- 

 pointed nominating committee or received 

 from the floor at the time of election will be 

 held at the evening session of the Pacific 

 Division on Thursday, April 5, preceding the 

 general address of that evening. 



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 of their papers to the secretaries of their respec- 

 tive societies at as early a date as possible, in 

 order to be accorded a place upon the program. 

 Abstracts limited to 300 words should also be 

 forwarded with the titles of the paper. In case 

 the papers are of a technical nature second 

 abstracts in popular phraseology are requested 

 which may be used in the press reports of the 

 meetings. 



Hotel Accommodations. — Eooms may be se- 

 cured at moderate rates in Eneina Hall on the 

 campus of Stanford University by those who 

 wish to stay over night at the university. 

 Applications for lodging should be made in 

 advance to Professor J. P. Mitchell, Stanford 

 University, California. Among hotels in Palo 

 Alto may be mentioned the following: 



Rates per Day, European Plan, 



Single Room Double Room 



Palo Alto Hotel $1.00 $1.50 



Hotel Larkin, without 



bath 1.00 1.50 



with bath 1.50 2.50 



CTniversity Hotel, single rooms 50e., 75e. and $1.00. 



Railroad Rates. — It has not been possible to 

 make satisfactory arrangements for special 

 railroad rates on the occasion of this meeting. 

 Members are advised to inquire of local agents 

 for round-trip rates which may be in force at 

 the time of the meeting, or to make use of 

 mileage books. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



ADVISORY BOARD ON WILD LIFE PROTECTION 

 IN CANADA 



The Canadian government, by an order in 

 council dated December 28, 1916, has ap- 

 pointed an interdepartmental advisory board 

 on life protection for the purpose of formu- 

 lating plans regarding the protection and use 

 of the wild life — by which term is meant the 

 furbearing and big game mammals, the wild 

 fowl and other animal life — of the north- 

 western territories, and of advising in the ad- 

 ministration of the ISTorthwest Game Act and 

 of the legislation under the recently ratified 

 international treaty for the protection of mi- 

 gratory birds in Canada and the United States, 

 and generally, for the purpose of advising it 

 on questions relating to the protection of and 

 use of wild life in Canada. The advisory 

 board is constituted as follows : James White, 

 assistant to the chairman of the commission 

 of conservation; D. C. Seott, deputy superin- 

 tendent general of Indian afiairs; Dr. C. G. 

 Hewitt, Dominion entomologist; Dr. E. M. 

 Anderson, geological survey; J. B. Harkin, 

 commissioner of Dominion parks. 



Mr. James White is chairman and Dr. 

 Hewitt is secretary of the board; Mr. White 

 and Dr. Hewitt are also representatives of the 

 government on the permanent consultative 

 commission for the international protection of 

 nature. 



PROFESSOR BLANCHARD ON THE GEOGRAPHY 

 OF FRANCE 



Dr. Eagul Blanchard, professor of geog- 

 raphy at the University of Grenoble, and ex- 

 change professor at Harvard University, is 

 now delivering a series of lectures on urban 

 geography. The cities to be considered in 

 this course are: Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux, 

 Eouen, E'antes, ISTice, Nancy, Lille and 

 Grenoble. 



After a careful detailed description of the 

 geography of the region tributary to each city, 

 and of the exact site of the city. Professor 

 Blanchard sketches the history, emphasizing 

 how the geographic conditions in the environs, 

 and the immediate conditions within the 

 boundaries of the city, have influenced the 



