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in the general development of the park, and 

 in the erection of a monkey house and lion 

 house. The latter building will be open to the 

 public in September next. During the past 

 year a medical staff has been established in 

 order to secure scientific treatment of the ani- 

 mals and to study the causes and prevention 

 of diseases. This consists of Dr. .Frank H. 

 Miller, a veterinarian of European training; 

 Dr. Howard Broolvs, a well-known pathologist, 

 and a laboratory assistant. A number of in- 

 teresting facts have already been secured by 

 this staff which will be reported later in 

 Science. The Society has applied to the 

 Board of Estimate and Apportionment for an 

 additional sum of $500,000, to be expended in 

 the development of the physical features of 

 the park, in forestry, and also in the construc- 

 tion of additional buildings, especially the 

 antelope house, ostrich house and a larger 

 bird house. 



As we have already announced, the seventy- 

 second annual meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science will 

 be held at Belfast, beginning on September 

 10. Professor James Dewar is the president- 

 elect, and the presidents of the sections are as 

 follows : Mathematical and Physical Science, 

 Professor John Purser; Chemistry, Professor 

 Edward Divers; Geology, Lieutenant-General 

 0. A. McMahon; Zoology, Professor G. B. 

 Howes; Geography, Col. Sir T. H. Hol- 

 dich; Economic Science and Statistics, Mr. 

 E. Cannan; Engineering, Professor John 

 Perry; Anthropology, Professor A. C. Had- 

 don; Physiology, Professor W. D. Hallibur- 

 ton; Botany, Professor J. Eeynolds Green; 

 Educational Science, Professor Henry E. 

 Armstrong. Professor Dewar's presidential 

 address will be given on the evening of Sep- 

 tember 10; on September 11 there will be a 

 soiree ; on the evening of September 13 a dis- 

 course on 'Becquerel Bays and Radio- Activity' 

 will be delivered by Professor J. J. Thomson; 

 a lecture will be given to the operative classes 

 on September 14 by Professor L. C. Miall; 

 on Monday evening, September 16, a discourse 

 on inheritance will be delivered by Professor 

 W. F. E. Weldon, M.A., E.E.S.; on Tuesday 

 evening there will be a soiree; on Wednesday, 



September 18, the concluding general meeting 

 will be held at 2 :30 p.m. 



Letters dated from Franz Josef Land, 

 August 17, have been received at Copenliagen 

 from members of the Baldwin-Ziegier Arctic 

 expedition which left Tromsoe, Norway, on 

 July 16, last year, on the steamers America 

 and Belgica. The vessels arrived at Franz 

 Josef Land, after trying experiences, with all 

 on board well. The America intended to win- 

 ter at Franz Josef Land, and then proceed 

 northward until stopped by the ice, when the 

 party on board of her was to start towards the 

 North Pole. Mr. Baldwin hoped that the 

 America would reach 83 degrees north. 



At a meeting of the Eoyal Geographical 

 Society, on February 24, Sir Clements Mark- 

 ham, president, described the progress of the 

 British Antarctic expedition and laid special 

 stress on the need of securing sufficient money 

 for the relief ship which is to be sent out in 

 June. Subscriptions for this purpose include : 

 The Eoyal Society, £500; the Goldsmiths' 

 Company, £200; Mr. L. W. Longstaff, £5,000; 

 Miss Dawson-Lambton, £500 ; Miss E. Dawson- 

 Lambton, £500; Mr. J. P. Thomasson, £500; 

 Lady Constance Barne, £150 ; the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, £100; Sir E. Cassel, £100; Mr. H. 

 Leonard, £100 ; Dr. G. B. Longstaff, £100 ; Mr. 

 Duncan Mackinnon, £100 ; the Duke of North- 

 umberland, £100; and Mr. S. Vaughan Mor- 

 gan, £75. 



The Eoyal Astronomical Society has re- 

 ceived from Sir William Huggins a copy of the 

 portrait of Galileo at Florence, and from Sir 

 W. J. Herschel, a medallion in Wedg-wood ware 

 of Sir William Herschell. 



The council of the Eoyal Institute of Brit- 

 ish Architects has granted the sum of £50 to 

 the Cretan Exploration Fund towards the com- 

 pletion of Mr. Arthur Evans's excavations at 

 Knossos. Since the appeal issued in December 

 the sum of £1,600 has been raised. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



President Harper announced in his last 

 quarterly statement that Mr. John D. Eocke- 

 feller gave on December 1, $1,000,000 toward 

 the general endowment fund of the University 



