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trustees expressed their reluctance to accept 

 this resignation, because of the long and val- 

 ued service of Professor Bowditch, yet they 

 desired to relieve him of burdensome responsi- 

 bility. It was voted to accept the resignation 

 to take effect when through correspondence a 

 successor has been elected. 



The secretary reported that on December 12, 

 1905, a grant of $1,000 had been awarded to 

 Professor Angelo Mosso for the establishment 

 of an American table at the International 

 Mountain Laboratory, founded by Professor 

 Mosso under the auspices of the Italian gov- 

 ernment, on the Col d'Olen of Monte Rosa. 

 It was specified that appointments to this 

 table should be made by the trustees of the 

 Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund. Of the 

 sum granted, $600 was received as a special 

 contribution for this purpose from the Bache 

 Fund of the National Academy of Sciences in 

 Washington. 



It was voted to close the records of the fol- 

 lowing grants, the work having been com- 

 pleted and publications made: No. 60, F. 

 Kruger; No. 110, H. S. Grindley; No. 114, W. 

 Rosenthal ; and to close upon receipt of publi- 

 cation grant 113, made to S. P. Fergusson. 



Reports of progress from the following hold- 

 ers of grants were received: 



No. 94. A. M. Reese. 



" 96. H. E. Crampton. 



98. J. Weinzirl. 



" 101. T. A. Jaggar, Jr. 



" 103. E. Anding. 



" 105. H. Kronecker. 



" 106. W. Valentiner. 



" 107. M. Travers. 



" 108. B. L. Seawell. 



" 109. A. Nicolas. 



" 111. R. Hiirthle. 



" 115. H. S. Carhart. 



" 116. W. Bateson. 



" 117. E. Salkowski. 



" 118. Th. Boveri. 



" 119. J. P. McMurrich. 



" 120. E. H. Archibald. 



" 121. A. Debierne. 



" 122. J. J. Erie and Fr. Nusl. 



" 123. E. C. Jeffrey. 



No report was received from Professor P. 

 Bachmetjew concerning grant 124. 



The treasurer announced that $1,300 was 

 available for new grants. It was necessary to 

 decline several applications which the trustees 

 would have favored if the resources had per- 

 mitted. The following new grants were made : 



No. 126. $250 to Professor L. Cuenot, Nancy, 

 France, for researches on heredity in mice. 



No. 127. $250 to Professor E. Wiedemann, 

 Erlangen, Germany, to study the behavior of gases 

 at high temperatures for astrophysical purposes, 

 and to determine their illuminating value. 



No. 128. $50 to Dr. L. J. Henderson, Boston, 

 Mass., to study the compressibility of muscle. 



No. 129. $50 to Dr. G. W. Hall, Boston, Mass., 

 to investigate the oxidation of glucose and allied 

 substances in the organism. 



No. 130. $125 to B. G. Smith, Esq., Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., for the study of the embryology of Crypt- 

 ohranchus. 



No. 131. $100 to Dr. F. W. Thyng, Boston, 

 Mass., to complete the study of a human embryo of 

 13.6 mm. 



No. 132. $200 to Professor W. G. Cady, Middle- 

 town, Conn., to investigate the electric arc between 

 metallic electrodes. 



Final action regarding the application of 

 Dr. H. H. Field, concerning the card catalogue 

 for physiology, was postponed. 



Charles S. Minot, 



Secretary. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 Professor van't Hofp, of Berlin, was 

 elected an honorary member of the German 

 Chemical Society at the recent meeting at 

 Nuremberg. 



LiEUT.-CoLONEL D. Prain, F.R.S., director 

 of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and late director 

 of the Botanical Survey of India, has been ap- 

 pointed a Companion of the Order of the In- 

 dian Empire. 



M. Gernez, professor of general chemistry 

 in the School of Arts and Manufactures, 

 Paris, has been elected a member of the 

 Academy of Sciences, to succeed the late M. 

 Curie. 



Jesse B. Mo wry, B.S., has been appointed, 

 by Governor Utter, commissioner of forestry 

 for Rhode Island. 



