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gions in the west. He will visit Butte, Mont., 

 and adjoining districts, Ely, Nev., and other 

 camps. 



Geologic surveys in the crystalline rocks of 

 northern New Jersey will be carried on this 

 summer by Mr. W. S. Bayley of the U. S. 

 Geological Survey. This work will extend 

 into the Greenwood Lake and Ramapo quad- 

 rangles. When it is completed, the entire 

 state of New Jersey will have been surveyed. 



The granite deposits and granite quarrying 

 industry of New England will be investigated 

 this summer by Mr. T. Nelson Dale, geologist 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Mr. Homer E. Dill, Gardiner, Me., the 

 state taxidermist, has been appointed chief 

 taxidermist in the new Museum of Natural 

 History of the Iowa State University. 



Professor Uhlenhuth^ of Greifswald, has 

 been appointed director of the newly-estab- 

 lished bacteriological department of the Im- 

 perial Bureau of Health, Berlin. 



Dr. H. Eosenbusch, professor of mineralogy 

 and geology at Heidelberg, celebrated, on June 

 24, his seventieth birthday. 



The Mackinnon studentships for the year 

 1906-190Y have been awarded by the Royal 

 Society to Mr. W. G. Duffield, ' for the study 

 of arc spectra of metals under high pres- 

 sures ' ; and to Dr. F. H. Scott, ' for the con- 

 tinuation of studies on the nature of the 

 process of excitation of nerve cells.' 



Dr. J. Bishop Tingle, assistant in organic 

 chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University, 

 has received a grant from the C. M. Warren 

 fund of the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, to aid in the purchase of chemicals 

 for use in continuation of his investigations 

 of certain derivatives of camphor-oxalic acid. 



The Prussian Academy of Sciences has 

 made a grant of 5,000 Marks to Dr. F. Mor- 

 tens, professor of mathematics at Vienna. 



Sir Daniel Morris, commissioner of agri- 

 culture for the West Indies, delivered a lecture 

 at the West India Committee Rooms on July 

 19, on ' The Present Position and Prospects 

 of the Sea-Island Cotton Industry.' 



The following popular lectures have been 

 arranged by the Royal Society of New South 

 Wales : 



June 21. — ' Some Results of Archeological Work 

 in Jerusalem,' by Professor Anderson Stuart, 

 M.D., LL.D. 



July 19. — ' Our Water Supply from Source to 

 Distribution,' by J. M. Small, M.Inst. C.E., engi- 

 neer-in-chief, board of water supply and sewerage, 

 and E. S. Stokes, M.B., D.P.H., medical officer, 

 board of water supply and sewage. 



August 16. — " Sir Joseph Banks, the ' Father of 

 Australia,' " by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., director. 

 Botanic Gardens. 



September 20. — ' Recent Developments in Long 

 Distance Electrical Transmission,' by T. Rooke, 

 Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., city electrical engineer. 



November 15. — ' Chapters in Early Australian 

 History,' by F. M. Bladen, F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S. 

 (Lend.). 



Nature states that a special meeting was 

 held in the Great Hall of the University of 

 Athens on May 20 to celebrate the fortieth 

 anniversary of Dr. A. C. Christomanos's ap- 

 pointment as professor of chemistry in the 

 university. A large audience, including the 

 Greek minister of education, the university 

 professors and students and many of the 

 general public, was present. Dr. A. C. Dam- 

 bergis, the professor of pharmaceutical chem- 

 istry, referring to the great work which Pro- 

 fessor Christomanos has done in the forty 

 years, asserted that the greatest has been the 

 pioneer work in the introduction of scientific 

 chemistry into Greece with the provision for 

 laboratory work in chemistry and the other 

 sciences, and more particularly in organizing 

 so successfully the large chemical department 

 of the university with its laboratory accom- 

 modation for 130 students. Professor Chris- 

 tomanos was the recipient of numerous honors, 

 including several from foreign countries. 



The students and friends of the late Pro- 

 fessor A. Kekule, the eminent chemist, have 

 contributed about $8,000 to establish a scholar- 

 ship at the University of Bonn in his meroory. 



The death is announced of the Rev. John 

 Frederick Blake, formerly professor of nat- 

 ural science in University College, Notting- 

 ham, and at one time president of the Geolog- 

 ical Association. 



