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served by Sir David Gill's numerous corres- 

 pondents; and would greatly appreciate any 

 notes — narrative, historical, appreciative or 

 anecdotal — relating to Sir David's life and 

 personality. All original letters or other doc- 

 uments vcill be carefully preserved, and re- 

 turned to the senders at as early a date as 

 possible. Such communications should be 

 addressed to Professor Fofbes at 11 Little Col- 

 lege Street, Westminster. 



The death is announced of Dr. Anthony 

 Woodward, at one time assistant in the de- 

 partment of geology and for thirty-seven years 

 librarian of the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, New York City. 



M. Alfred Touenier, formerly professor of 

 viticulture at the University of California and 

 later connected with the TJ. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, was killed on December 12 in the 

 war. 



Vice-admiral Sir George Nares, K.C.B., 

 F.E.S., the distinguished British navigator, 

 ■commander of the Ohallenger and of Arctic 

 and other scientific expeditions, died on Janu- 

 ary 15, at the age of eighty-four years. 



Mr. J. S. Harding, connected with the Brit- 

 ish Meteorological OfEce from its establish- 

 ment in 1854, until his retirement in 1906, 

 died on January 11, at the age of seventy-iive 

 years. 



Dr. Otto RiIsslin, professor of zoology in 

 the Technical School at Karlsruhe, has died 

 at the age of sixty-five years. 



Professor J. Rosenthal, professor of physi- 

 ology at Erlangen, has died at the age of 

 seventy-seven years. 



Dr. Karl Liebermann, professor of organic 

 chemistry at Berlin, has died at the age of 

 seventy-two years. 



Dr. Otto Scheuer, decent for applied chem- 

 istry at Geneva, has been killed while serving 

 in the Austrian army. 



Among the examinations announced by the 

 New York State civil service commission on 

 February 2Y is one for assistant in paleontol- 

 ogy in the state museum, at a salary of $1,200. 



Candidates must be graduates of an approved 

 college with some experience in museum work. 

 They should also be able to pass an examina- 

 tion covering the following : The principles and 

 elements of general geology ; the principles and 

 elements of stratigraphic geology or strati- 

 graphy, with definite knowledge of the classi- 

 fication of the geological formations, more 

 specially and in some detail, those of the 

 Paleozoic system; the principles and elements 

 of general biology; the elements of zoology, 

 specially of the branches herewith named: 

 morphology and classification of animals; 

 embryology; the theories and demonstrations 

 of phylogeny and evolution ; the principles and 

 elements of botany with special reference to 

 classification; familiarity with the local flora 

 and the histology of trees. 



The Eoyal Academy of Medicine of Turin 

 announces that the thirteenth Riberi prize of 

 the value of £800 is offered for the best med- 

 ical research work presented before December 

 31, 1916. Particulars may be obtained from 

 Dr. V. Oliva, secretary of the academy. 



An emergency appropriation of $10,000 was 

 made by the Kansas legislature on February 2 

 to finance the fight of the state against the 

 foot and mouth disease in four counties under 

 federal quarantine. The action followed a spe- 

 cial message from Governor Capper asking the 

 appropriation. 



According to the London correspondent of 

 the Journal of the American Medical Associa- 

 tion the scarcity of physicians created by the 

 war is illustrated by the statement of the 

 secretary of the Wolverhampton General Hos- 

 pital, at a meeting of the committee. He could 

 well remember the time when it was quite a 

 common thing, when they advertised for a 

 house surgeon or physician, to receive from 

 ten to twenty applications for one post. Things 

 gradually became worse, however, until, ad- 

 vertise as they would, they absolutely failed to 

 get any applications for the post vacant. He 

 was sent off to London and visited nine of the 

 leading medical schools, and the result was 

 that after extreme diifieulty the resident post 

 was filled. As soon as it was known that med- 

 ical officers were wanted in the army and navy. 



