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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. A'OL. XV. No. 379. 



After paying all the expenses of the last 

 international medical congress, a surplus of 

 about 40,000 francs is left. The committee 

 expect to apply this sum as an endowment of 

 a triennial prize to be awarded at future con- 



LoRD Walsingham has given to the British 

 Museum (Natural History) his collection of 

 butterflies and moths. This collection of 

 microlepidoptera contains over 200,000 speci- 

 mens, and is probably the largest and most 

 valuable in the world. It inclMes the Zeller, 

 Hoffman, Christoph and other collections, and 

 contains many type specimens. Lord Walsing- 

 ham has himself published numerous mono- 

 graphs on the microlepidoptera. 



The University of Cincinnati has ordered 

 for its observatory a refracting telescope, with 

 an objective of 16 inches, from the Alvan 

 Clark & Sons Corporation. The observatory 

 at Cincinnati, established in 1842, is one of 

 the oldest in the country, and has during the 

 last twenty years been under the direction of 

 Professor J. G. Porter. 



The magnetic observatory at Nice was com- 

 pelled to remove to Mount Mounier, owing to 

 interference by the electric trolley car system. 

 and is suing the company for $20,000, the cost 

 of removal. 



Commissioner George M. Bowers has 

 selected a plot of thirty acres of land near 

 Tupelo, Miss., for a new Government fish 

 hatchery. 



Professor C. B. Davenport and Dr. H. C. 

 Cowles, of the University of Chicago; Pro- 

 fessor W. S. Leathers, of the University of 

 Mississippi, and a number of graduate stu- 

 dents of the University of Chicago visited 

 Mississippi Sound from March 15 to 31. Mak- 

 ing its headquarters at Biloxi, Miss., the party 

 worked on the mainland on Deer, Ship, Cat, 

 Horn and Chandeleur Islands and in the 

 Sound. Special studies in ecology, variation 

 and geographical distribution were made. 



The following are among the lecture ar- 

 rangements at the EoyqJ Institution, after 

 Easter: Dr. Allan Macfadyen, three lectures 

 on 'Eecent Methods and Results in Biological 



Inquiry'; Professor Karl Pearson, three lec- 

 tures on the 'Laws of Heredity, with Special 

 Eeference to Man' (the Tyndall lectures) ; 

 Professor Dewar, three lectures on the 'Oxy- 

 gen Group of Elements'; Dr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward, three lectures on 'Eecent Geological 

 Discoveries.' The Friday evening meetings 

 will begin on April 11, when Professor Dewar 

 will deliver a discourse on 'Problems of the 

 Atmosphere.' Succeeding Eriday evening 

 discourses will be delivered by Sir John H. 

 A. Macdonald, Dr. J. Mackenzie Davidson, Sir 

 Eobert Ball, Sir Benjamin Baker, Professor 

 A. E. Tutton and others. 



Dr. L. a. Bauer will give the following 

 illustrated series of lectures on 'Terrestrial 

 Magnetism' at the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity from 5 to 6 p.m. : 



April 28 — ' The Principal Phenomena of the 

 Earth's Magnetism.' 



April 29 — ' The Instruments and Methods of 

 Magnetic Surveys.' 



April 30 — ' The Objects and Results of Magnetic 

 Surveys.' 



May 1— 'The Present Status of the Theory of 

 the Earth's Magnetism.' 



The amrual meeting of the German Public 

 Health Association will be held this year in 

 Munich from September 17 to 20. The fol- 

 lowing questions are proposed for discussion: 

 (1) The Hygienic Supervision of Water- 

 courses; (2) Town and Country in their Sani- 

 tary Eelations and the Sanitation of Eural 

 Districts; (3) Damp Dwellings: Cause, Influ- 

 ence on Health, and Measures for Ameliora- 

 tion; (4) Influence of Quackery on the Health 

 and Life of the Population; (5) The Baking 

 Trade from a Hygienic Standpoint in regard 

 both to Trade and the Consumer. 



The Peary Arctic Club's steam barque 

 Windward has arrived at New York from 

 Brigus, E". E., where it has been . wintering 

 since its return from the Arctic last Septem- 

 ber. The vessel is to have new engines and 

 boilers installed. It will return to the Arctic 

 regions this summer for Lieutenant Peary. 



The London Times prints some details 

 regarding the Erench hydrographie expedi- 



