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of the Chinese who have been educated in 

 America, and as the head of this new college 

 was exerting a very great influence toward 

 the modernization of Chinese .education. He 

 will be remembered as the author of an article 

 on ' Education in China ' in the Popular Sci- 

 ence Monthly in 1905. 



Sir John Erunner has given £5,000 towards 

 the completion and equipment of the addi- 

 tional buildings for engineering, metrology 

 and metallurgy now in course of erection at 

 the National Physical Laboratory. 



Dr. K. C. Brown, of Preston, Lancashire, 

 has placed at the disposal of the committee 

 for the study of special diseases of the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge the sum of £150 per 

 annum for two years, for a pathological 

 scholarship in connection with the investiga- 

 tions now being carried out by the committee 

 on rheumatoid arthritis and allied diseases. 



The government steamer Arctic has sailed 

 from Quebec for northern latitudes via 

 Greenland. She will winter in Lancaster 

 Sound. 



The series of stereoscopic cards to accom- 

 pany the exercises in Titchener's * Experi- 

 mental Psychology' has now been published 

 and may be obtained of the Chicago Labora- 

 tory Supply Company. Indicative of the in- 

 terest in this topic as an aid to instruction in 

 psychology is the announcement in the cata- 

 logue of Henry Holt and Company of a 

 manual with accompanying photographic il- 

 lustrations, on ' The Psychology of Stereo- 

 scopic Vision.' The author is Professor Jas- 

 trow, of the University of Wisconsin. 



We learn from the Geographical Journal 

 that a schedule has been drawn up by the 

 International Statistical Institute, which is 

 intended to serve as a guide to those who may 

 be in a position to undertake demographical 

 research in uncivilized countries. The prin- 

 cipal points on which information is desired 

 are grouped under thirty-five sections, while 

 useful hints are given whereby the inquiry 

 may be carried out to the best advantage. It 

 is suggested that, where possible, enumera- 



tions of the population of suitably selected 

 areas may be made, and forms are drawn up 

 for the record of the data on the basis either 

 of the household or the individual. When 

 such inquiries are carried out by individuals, 

 it is asked that the returns be sent to the 

 ofl&ce of the institute at Rome. 



Nature states that the Institute of Chem- 

 istry has published a 'List of Official Chem- 

 ical Appointments held in Great Britain and 

 Ireland, in India and the Colonies.' The 

 list has been compiled under the supervision 

 of the proceedings committee of the institute 

 by Mr. R. B. Pilcher, the secretary of the 

 institute, and its price is 2s. net. The list is 

 arranged in two main divisions: the first con- 

 tains appointments under the departments of 

 state and professorial appointments in the 

 British Isles; the second section deals sim- 

 ilarly with India and the colonies. 



The Electrical World states that a company 

 has been formed at Berlin having for its ob- 

 ject a series of experiments with motor air- 

 ships. The Emperor's influence directly 

 brought about the movement to make a sys- 

 tematic investigation of air navigation, and, 

 with practically unlimited capital, to experi- 

 ment with motor airships. Admiral von Holl- 

 man was elected president of the company. 

 The directors are Herr Eathenau, Dr. Althoff, 

 director of the Ministry of Public Worship 

 and Instruction; Ernst Borsig, a manufac- 

 turer of locomotives ; Baron von Brandenstein, 

 Ludwig Delbrueck, Herr Schwabaeh, of the 

 Bleichroeder Bank, Herr Loewe, of the Mauser 

 Rifle Company, Wilhelm von Siemens, James 

 Simon and N. T. Boettinger. Captain Rich- 

 ard von Kaehler, an engineer of repute, was 

 elected business manager. 



We learn from The Condor that the Audu- 

 bon Society of California was formally or- 

 ganized at the Los Angeles Chamber of Com- 

 merce on May 31, 1906. This regular state 

 organization will cooperate with the National 

 Committee of Audubon Societies at New 

 York, and also have general supervision over 

 the work of the local societies. An important 

 meeting is planned for the early autumn, when 



