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America, and it is therefore possible that it has 

 some good qualities to recommend it. 



The South African Native Eaces Committee 

 have, as we learn from the London Times, ad- 

 dressed a letter to the Colonial Secretary sub- 

 mitting certain points for his consideration on 

 which they believe that there is need for an in- 

 quiry connected with the black and colored 

 population of South Africa. It is stated that no 

 recent public investigation into this subject has 

 been made. Even with regard to Cape Colony 

 and Natal the time seems to have come for 

 further inquiry with reference to many points of 

 importance, such as the overcrowding of loca- 

 tions ; the provision of land for surplus popula- 

 tion ; the practical effect of the Glen Grey act ; 

 the working of the Pass Laws ; the question of 

 native education, and other matters. In other 

 parts of British South Africa the need for a 

 thorough investigation of native questions is 

 still greater. The committee urge on her 

 majesty's government the expediency of in- 

 quiries being instituted at as early a date as 

 possible, with regard to some at least of the 

 following matters : (1) Laws, customs, and 

 land tenure of the natives in districts which 

 were not the subject of examination by the 

 Cape Government Commission ; (2) the opera- 

 tion of the existing tribal system, and the 

 expediency of maintaining it ; (3 ) the ad- 

 visability of setting aside large areas (such as 

 the whole or part of the Zoutpansberg district 

 and Swaziland) to be administered for the ex- 

 clusive use and benefit of the native tribes ; (4) 

 the condition of existing native locations and 

 reserves, the terms upon which lands are se- 

 cured to the natives, and the need and method 

 of providing further lands for the surplus native 

 population ; (5) the provision of further facili- 

 ties for the flow of labor to centers of industry, 

 and, if practicable, for the migration of families 

 to such centers, the supervision of contracts of 

 service, the securing of safe and healthy condi- 

 tions of labor in the mines and other occupa- 

 tions ; (6) the provision of advice and assistance 

 for natives at industrial centers, and of facilities 

 for the deposit and transmission of their earn- 

 ings ; (7) the need for further Government aid 

 for native education and for reforms in the 

 present system ; (8) the effects of existing 



methods of taxation on the economic and social 

 condition of the natives ; (9) the working of the 

 Pass Laws, with a view to ascertaining whether 

 their mitigation or abolition is practicable ; (10) 

 the administration of the Liquor Laws. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The fact that under the new constitution of 

 the University of London the registered grad- 

 uates have a larger share than before in the 

 government of the University has led to the 

 formation of the University of London Grad- 

 uates Union. Dr. K. P. H. Pye Smith, F.R.S., 

 has been elected president. 



President Charles F. Thwing, of West- 

 ern Reserve University, Cleveland, is at present 

 delivering a course of lectures at the Univer- 

 sity of Virginia on 'The American University,' 

 treating its organization and administration, its 

 chief executive, the university and patriotism, 

 and the place of the university in American life. 



Dr. George P. Dreyer, Ph.D. (Johns Hop- 

 kins), associate professor of physiology in the 

 Johns Hopkins Medical School, has been elected 

 professor in charge of the physiological depart- 

 ment of the College of Physicians and Sur- 

 geons (Chicago), the medical department of the 

 University of Illinois. 



The vacancy in the chair of mathematics in 

 Haverford College caused by the removal of 

 Dr. Frank Morley to Johns Hopkins University 

 has been filled by the appointment of Dr. A. 

 W. Eeid, A.B. (Johns Hopkins) Ph.D. (Got- 

 tingeu), instructor in mathematics at Princeton 

 University. The vacancy at Princeton has been 

 filled by the appointment of Dr. L. P. Eisen- 

 hart who received this year the doctorate at 

 the Johns Hopkins University. 



Dr. Th. Ziehen, associate professor of psy- 

 chiatry in the university at Jena, has been ap- 

 pointed professor in the University of Utrecht. 



We notice also the following appointments in 

 foreign universities : Dr. Pfeiffer professor of 

 agricultural chemistry in the university at Jena 

 has been called to Breslau ; Professor P. Curie, 

 of Paris, has been appointed professor of general 

 and experimental physics in the University at 

 Geneva ; Dr. Zehander, has qualified as docent 

 in physics in the university at Munich. 



