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portion of the Bulletin is devoted to the figures 
showing the chemical composition of the differ- 
ent articles of food. Asa rule only maximum, 
minimum and average figures are given, but in 
a few cases the individual analyses are quoted. 
The animal foods whose composition is given 
include the different cuts of beef, veal, mutton 
and pork; fish, shellfish, etce.; poultry, game, 
eggs and dairy products ; canned meats, soups, 
ete.; sausages and other manufactured products. 
The foods of vegetable origin include flour, 
meal, etc. ; bread, crackers and pastry ; sugar 
and starch; fresh and canned vegetables; 
pickles and condiments; fruits, fresh and pre- 
served; and nuts. Little information has hith- 
erto been available concerning the composition 
of some of these foods, for instance, nuts. 
The literature of the subject has been thor- 
oughly gone over and the present compilation 
is based upon over four thousand analyses. 
Many of these were in out-of-the-way publi- 
cations not readily accessible to students of the 
subject. 
Such a compilation is useful to specialists 
and also to those interested in nutrition from a 
more practical standpoint. With the aid of these 
figures it is possible to compare one food with 
another as a source of nutrients. The food 
value of any dietary may be computed if the 
amount of different foods consumed is deter- 
mined, and by comparing the dietary with 
commonly accepted dietary standards its rela- 
tive value may be seen. Analyses of foods 
have accumulated very rapidly in recent years, 
and it is probable that many more will be made 
in the near future. This Bulletin is designed to 
serve as a reference book until it shall be su- 
perseded by a more extended compilation. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 
CHARLES P. DAty died on the 19th of Sep- 
tember in his 84th year. He had served forty- 
two years as Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas in the city of New York, and twenty- 
seven years as Chief Justice, his legal decisions 
being regarded as of the highest authority, many 
of them establishing precedents in questions of 
international importance. He had a wide 
sympathy and knowledge in many subjects of 
art, literature and science, and a memory and 
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facility which made him friends all over the 
world. He had been president of the American 
Geographical Society for thirty-six years, and 
honorary member of the Geographical societies 
of London, Berlin and Russia. He was largely 
instrumental in accumulating the fine library of 
the American Geographical Society, and in se- 
curing the endowment for its new home near 
the American Museum of Natural History of 
which he was also a member. He and Mrs. 
Daly were members of the Torrey Botanical 
Club, which they joined expressly in order to 
aid in the foundation of the New York Botanical 
Garden. It was largely due to their wide ac- 
quaintance with prominent and intellectual 
men and women that the gardens were incorpo- 
rated and endowed, and they were among the 
first and most liberal contributors. As one of 
the managers of the garden, Judge Daly had an 
active interest in its work, being always ready 
with advice and contributions to aid any of its 
enterprises. His death, following within one 
week that of Cornelius Vanderbilt, deprives 
New York of two of its most liberal citizens, 
and scientific institutions of friends and patrons, 
whose like is seldom seen. 
ADMIRAL WALKER, Professor Burr, of Colum- 
bia University, Colonel Haines and Colonel 
Ernst, of the Isthmian Canal Commission, have 
been abroad during the summer studying the 
plans and documents of the Panama Canal, at 
Paris, and examining the Kiel Ship Canal. 
They went later to England to visit the Man- 
chester Ship Canal, and expected to sail from 
Southampton for New York on September 23d. 
The Commission will leave New York probably 
about the beginning of November for Colon, 
and will make a careful study of the Panama, 
Nicaragua and other routes. 
As the daily papers report in great detail, 
Signor Marconi with several assistants, has ar- 
rived in America. He intends to report the 
yacht races for the newspapers, and afterwards 
to conduct experiments for the War and Navy 
Departments. 
Proressor A. W. Ricker, F.R.S., will de- 
liver an address on the occasion of the distribu- 
tion of medals at the Royal College of Science, . 
London, on October 5th. 
