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Fellows, T. C. Chamberlin, of Chicago, and 
John Fritz, of Bethlehem Pa. ; Foreign Honor- 
ary Fellows, A. Celli, of Rome; A. Engler, of 
Berlin ; F. von Richthofen, of Berlin, and G. 
Paris, of Paris. 
AT a meeting held at Cambridge University 
on April 27th to make some acknowledgment 
of Professor G. D. Liveing’s services to science 
it was resolved ; 
That asa mark of our personal regard for Pro- 
fessor Liveing and in recognition of his valuable ser- 
vices to science and to the University, town and 
county, a testimonial be presented to him, and that 
it consist of a portrait of him to be painted by an 
artist selected by a committee in conjunction with 
Professor Liveing ; the destination of the portrait to 
be determined by the subscribers. 
AT a meeting of the New York Academy of 
Sciences held on May 6th, Professor Franz von 
Leydig, of Wurzburg, was elected an honorary 
member of the Academy. The Academy 
adopted also the following resolution, to be 
presented to Professor Leydig on the occasion 
of his eightieth birthday, on May 21st: ‘‘ The 
New York Academy of Sciences extends to 
Professor Franz von Leydig many hearty con- 
gratulations on the occasion of his eightieth 
birthday. In offering to Professor Leydig an 
election to honorary membership, the members 
of this Academy desire to express their appre- 
ciation of his long-continued services to science, 
and of the profound and lasting influence that 
his memorable researches have exerted on the 
progress of zoology. With all best wishes they 
send him a cordial greeting from America.’’ 
Mr. CHARLES HAWKSLEY has been elected 
President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 
London, The council has made the following 
awards for papers read and discussed before 
the institution during the past session: A 
George Stephenson medal and a Telford pre- 
mium to Mr. Harry EH. Jones; Telford medals 
and premiums to Mr. G. A. Hobson and Mr. E. 
Wragge: a Watt medal and a Telford premium 
to Mr. Joseph Husband; Telford premiums to 
Mr, J. T. Ford, Mr. L. L. Buck, Mr. W. H. 
Stanger, Mr. B. Blount and Mr. W. J. Doak ; 
Crampton prize to Mr. E. Sandeman. 
Kine Epwarp VII. has consented to become 
patron of the Royal Geographical Society and 
SCLENCE. 
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to continue the royal premium of two previous 
reigns for the promotion of geographical 
research, which takes the form: of the two 
royal medals awarded annually. The Society 
itself has resolved to found a Victoria medal, 
to be awarded occasionally for research in 
scientific geography. 
Dr. REINHARD SURING has been appointed 
chief of division, and Dr. Johannes Edler aid, 
in the Meteorological Institute at Berlin. 
Dr. WILLIAM COLLINGSBRIDGE has been ap- 
pointed medical officer of health for the City of 
London. 
Dr. ADOLPH MEYER will represent Clark 
University at the celebration of the 450th 
foundation of the University of Glasgow. Dr. 
Meyer is at present abroad, working in Germany 
and Switzerland. 
Proressor R. 8. Tarr, of Cornell Uni- 
versity, will spend the summer vacation in 
Switzerland. 
Mr. T. NELSON DALE, geologist of the U.S. 
Geological Survey, who recently resigned his 
position as instructor in geology and botany 
at Williams College, will make his home, in 
September, at Pittsfield, Mass., and from that 
point continue his geological field work in 
eastern New York State and western Vermont. 
Dr. JuDSON SyKES Bury will deliver the 
Bradshaw lecture before the Royal College 
of Physicians in London, his subject being 
‘Prognosis in relation to disease of the nervous 
system.’ 
Dr. Irvine CoLiins Rosse, the author of 
various works on medicine and travel, died at 
Washington, on May 3d, at the age of forty- 
two years. Dr. Rosse was at one time pro- 
fessor of nervous and mental diseases in 
Georgetown University, and, in addition to his 
medical work, had taken part in several Arctic 
expeditions. 
Iv is announced that the Rey. James Chal- 
mers, known for his anthropological observa- 
tions in New Guinea, has been murdered by 
the natives. 
Dr. JoHn CAyAry, formerly lecturer on 
physiology, demonstrator in histology and 
physician at St. George’s Hospital, London, 
