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upkeep of the hall which bears Sir William 

 Osier's name. 



On April 30 an illustrated lecture on " The 

 Talgai Skull; a Fossil Hiunan Skull Found in 

 Queensland, Australia," was given before the 

 American Ethnological Society, at the Amer- 

 ican llusemn of Natural History by Professor 

 S. A. Smith, professor of anatomy in the Uni- 

 versity of Sydney. A east of the skull was 

 exhibited. In view of the fact that this skull 

 is the first relic of Pleistocene man to be dis- 

 covered in Australia, and one of the most 

 primitive human skulls known, especially as 

 regards the palate form and dentition, this 

 find ranks as one of the most important in 

 human prehistory. Dr. Smith's very careful 

 studies of the Talgai skull will shortly be 

 published by the Royal Society of London. 



We learn from Nature that recent enter- 

 prises in connection with the preparation of 

 food and the development of its concessions 

 in West Africa and elsewhere have led to the 

 establishment of a research department by the 

 Cooperative Wholesale Society, and Dr. Geof- 

 frey Martin has just been appointed to direct 

 its work. This appointment marks a new de- 

 parture in connection with the cooperative 

 movement, and has been rendered necessary 

 by the concessions acquired by the Coopera- 

 tive Wholesale Society in West Africa, Nigeria 

 and elsewhere, as well as by the development 

 of fresh undertakings at home. 



The resident commissioner of the Bechuana- 

 land Protectorate has written respecting the 

 preservation of the remains of Dr. Living- 

 stone's house at Koloben, and of the graves in 

 its vicinity. It appears that action in this 

 direction was the outcome of an appeal by Sir 

 Meiring Beck that steps should be taken to 

 preserve these mementoes of Livingstone's 

 early missionary labors, dating from his resi- 

 dence among the Bechuanas before starting 

 on his great exploring journeys to the north. 

 Through the cooperation of the chief Sechele 

 the ruins have now been fenced in and a shed 

 has been erected over the remains of the walls 

 of the house. The ground will in future be 

 regarded as under government protection, and 

 Sechele has been impressed with the necessity 



of keeping the site clear of jungle and guard- 

 ing against injury by veldt fires or cattle. The 

 headman of a neighboring village has been 

 placed in charge, and an inspection of the site 

 will be made from time to time. 



Knowledge, the English magazine devoted 

 to popular science founded by the late Mr. 

 Eichard A. Proctor thirty-six years ago, which 

 has hitherto appeared monthly, will be pub- 

 lished four times a year during the war. 



It is announced that beginning on May 15, 

 Psycliobiology will appear every second month 

 and will include in the yearly volume, approxi- 

 mately 600 pages. Its pages will be devoted 

 primarily to research which lies in the field 

 common to psychology and the several biolog- 

 ical sciences, or which has a distinct bearing 

 on the biological foundations of psychology. 

 No formal limit of length has been imposed 

 on contributors, but short articles will be pre- 

 ferred, and unnecessary length will be con- 

 sidered a bar to publication. While the func- 

 tion of the journal will be primarily to pro- 

 mote the speedy put)lication of research, dis- 

 cussions of important points may be admitted 

 at the discretion of the editors, such discus- 

 sions being limited in any case to two pages. 

 Manuscript submitted for publication should 

 be addressed to Professor Knight Dunlap, The 

 Johns Hopkins University, Homewood, Balti- 

 more, Md. 



The New York Botanical Garden announces 

 its course of spring lectures for 1917. The 

 lectures will be delivered in the lecture hall 

 of the Museum Building of the Garden, Bronx 

 Park, Saturday afternoons, at four o'clock, 

 as follows : 



April 28. "Early Spring Flowers," by Dr. N. 

 L. Britton. 



May 5. "School and Home Gardening Courses 

 at the New York Botanical Garden," by Mr. 

 Henry G. Parsons. 



May 12. ' ' The Spring Flower Garden, ' ' by Mr. 

 G. V. Nash. 



(Exhibition of Spring Flowers, May 12 and 13.) 



May 19. "Garden Soils and their Treatment," 

 by Professor H. F. Button. 



May 26. "Modern Methods of producing Seeds 

 for Farm and Garden," by Dr. A. B. Stout. 



