August 23, 1895.] 



SCIENCE. 



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According to the Natur-ivissenschaftliche 

 Rundschau, the ' Gottingen Gesellschaft der 

 Wissenschaften ' offers a prize of 500 marks, 

 to be awarded February 1, 1897, for an an- 

 atomical research and description of the 

 cavities of the body of the new-born child 

 and their contents compared with those of 

 the adult. The Academy of Sciences of 

 Cracow proposes, as subject for the Coperni- 

 cus prize (1000 and 5000 fl.), theories con- 

 cerning the physical condition of the globe. 

 The essays must be received before the end 

 of December, 1898, and must be written in 

 the Polish language. 



The Annual Congress of the British In- 

 stitute of Public health was held at Hull, 

 on August 8th to 13th. 



Me. Adolph Suteo, Mayor of San Fran- 

 cisco, has offered to the Kegents of the 

 University of California thirteen acres of 

 land on which to erect buildings for the 

 af&liated colleges of the University. In 

 addition he offers to deed to the trustees of 

 the city thirteen acres adjoining as a site 

 for the Sutro Library. The collection of 

 books is said to contain 200,000 volumes, 

 and the total value of gifts to be $1,500,000. 



Mr. Grant Allen has written The Story of 

 the Plants for Appleton's Library of Useful 

 Stories. 



The Japanese government has made an 

 appropriation for the laboratory of Dr. Kit- 

 asato, in which researches of great impor- 

 tance are now in progress on the cause of 

 leprosy. 



At a conference on the deaf and dumb 

 held recently at Exeter Hall, London, a 

 constitution for a new national association 

 was adopted. Among other addresses was 

 one by Mr. J. N". Bannerji on the position 

 of the 200,000 deaf mutes in India, the edu- 

 cation of whom is unassisted by the gov- 

 ernment. The following resolutions were 

 passed: " That it is desirable that facilities 

 should be given by which pupils of our in- 



stitutions who show exceptional ability 

 should have the advantage of a more ex- 

 tended education than it is now possible to 

 give them." "That this 'conference con- 

 siders it desirable that the governing bodies 

 of institutions should at once petition the 

 government to reduce the proportion of 

 one-third, to be provided out of sources 

 other than rates of moneys provided by 

 Parliament, to the proportion of one-fifth." 

 " That the committee of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Teachers of the Deaf be requested 

 to draft at the earliest possible opportunitj^ 

 a scheme of education for children of school 

 age as a suggestion to the Education De- 

 partment. ' ' 



The 100th anniversary of the foundation 

 of the Institute of France will be celebrated 

 an October 23d, 24th and 25th with appro- 

 priate ceremonies. 



The Chemical Industry Society, an Eng- 

 lish society devoted to the study and prac- 

 tise of applied chemistry, with a member- 

 ship of 2892, held its annual meeting at 

 Leeds during the first week in August. 



The ' Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaf- 

 ten, ' has recently appropriated over $ 5000 

 for the promotion of scientific work and re- 

 search. Among others we may mention 

 an appropriation of 2000 Mk. to Professor 

 Fuchs, of Berlin, to be devoted to the con- 

 tinuation of the publication of Dirichlet's 

 works; 2000 Mk. to Professor AVeierstrass, 

 of Berlin, for the publication of his collected 

 works; 1500 Mk. to Professor Gerhardt for 

 the publication of the Mathematical corres- 

 pondence of Leibnitz, and 2000 Mk. to Dr. 

 Schauinsland for researches on the Fauna 

 of the Pacific islands. 



The Steward Prize of the British Medical 

 Association for 1895, consisting of an illum- 

 inated address and a cheque for £50, was 

 awarded to Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant- 

 Colonel D. Douglas Cunningham, M. B., 

 C. I. E., F. E. S., for his bacteriological 



