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reporting stations. The observations are sent 

 here (Buenos Ayres) and the maps printed in 

 our own establishment. The recent extension 

 of the telegraph lines to the southern terri- 

 tories has been a great boon to us from a 

 meteorological point of view; the coast line 

 is now at Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz, and 

 another branch is being constructed near the 

 foot of the Cordilleras from latitude 38 to 47 

 degrees south and then crosses the country to 

 the Atlantic coast. This is a most important 

 line for us, as it will give us communication 

 with the region where nearly all the 'pam- 

 peros' have their birth and development. 



"No attempt has been made at forecasting, 

 as I consider it better to have some experi- 

 ence with the conditions, as shown by the daily 

 maps before undertaking to do too much; I 

 trust however that his branch of work will 

 come in due time." 



The daily map published by the meteorolog- 

 ical office at Buenos Ayres makes a very im- 

 posing appearance. It is 16.2 inches high by 

 11.1 broad and extends between the 46th and 

 7Yth degree of longitude west from Greenwich 

 and between the 21st and 57th degree of south 

 latitude. This region, in the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, corresponds to a portion of the North- 

 ern Hemisphere, extending north and south, 

 between Turks Island, Bahamas, and Maine, 

 Labrador, and east and west between Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and Cape Farewell. When this 

 large region in the Southern Hemisphere shall 

 have had its storms and 'pamperos,' its iso- 

 bars and isotherms thoroughly studied, we 

 shall feel that a great advance has been made 

 in the meteorology of the globe. 



We are not informed whether the daily 

 weather map of the Province of Buenos Ayres, 

 published for ten years past by the Observatory 

 at La Plata, will be discontinued — but evi- 

 dently the much more comprehensive work of 

 the general Department of Agriculture must 

 supersede that. 



The elaborate presentation of Argentine 

 climatology, compiled by Dr. Davis for the 

 official volume of statistics of that Eepublic 

 is about to appear in Spanish and English 

 text, as a special treatise by him, on the climate 



of that region. The climatology of Dr. 

 Davis and his new daily weather map show 

 that the meteorology of the South Temperate 

 Zone of America is in excellent hands. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The retirement of Surgeon-General Stern- 

 berg will be made the occasion of a din- 

 ner to be given in New York City on June 13. 

 Those wishing to express their appreciation of 

 Dr. Sternberg's great services to the army, 

 to the medical profession and to science by at- 

 tending the dinner should address Dr. Her- 

 mann II. Biggs, 5 West 58th Street, New 

 York City. 



Dr. Eoswell Park, director of the State 

 Pathological Laboratory at Buffalo, will give 

 the annual address before the Medical School 

 of Yale University at the approaching com- 

 mencement. 



The Geological Society of London has 

 elected as foreign correspondents Professor T. 

 0. Chamberlin, of the University of Chicago; 

 Professor S. W. Williston, just called to the 

 University of Chicago, and Dr. T. Thoroddsen, 

 of Iceland. 



The Linnean Society of London has elected 

 as foreign members Professors C. S. Sargent, 

 F. E. Schultze, J. Wiesner, H. J. Hansen and 

 A. Giard. 



The Liverpool Biological Society gave a 

 complimentary dinner to Professor W. A. 

 Herdman on the occasion of his return from 

 investigating the pearl oyster fisheries of 

 Ceylon. 



M. T. MouREAUX succeeds the late M. Renou 

 as director of the magnetic observatory in the 

 Pare Saint-Maur. 



The Eede lecture at Cambridge University 

 will this year be given by Professor Osborne 

 Eeynolds, F.E.S., his subject being 'On an 

 Inversion of Ideas of the Structure of the 

 Universe.' 



Dr. Thomas L. Watson, of Denison Uni- 

 versity, will continue field work during the 

 coming season on the manganese and ochre 

 deposits of Georgia, for the Geological Sur- 

 vey of Georgia. 



