June 13, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



955 



period the rates for time-loans in the New 

 York market were usually from four to four 

 and a half per cent, for the best paper. Gov- 

 ernment securities thus indicating practically 

 double the value of private credit. British 

 consols sold at 96|, French rentes at 101.225, 

 German 34 per cent at 102, Spanish Fours 

 Y8J in London. Foreign Municipal Fours 

 sell at par. During the same period the best 

 railroad Four-per-eents sold in New York at 

 about 105 and the Fives at 125. 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 



PITTSBURGH MEETING OF THE 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 



The Local Committee for the Pittsburgh 

 meeting of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science and Affiliated Socie- 

 ties hereby announces the final arrangements 

 made with the various Passenger Associa- 

 tions regarding rates and conditions con- 

 nected with the purchase of tickets and exten- 

 sion of time limits. 



The Central^ Trunk Line^ Western, and 

 New England Passenger Associations have 

 granted a rate of one fare and one third for 

 the round trip, on the certificate plan. 



Tickets at full fare for the going journey 

 may be obtained from points within the ter- 

 ritories of the New England, Trunh Line, and 

 Central Passenger Associations, from June 

 19 to June 30 and from points within the 

 territory of the Western Passenger Associa- 

 tion, from June 19 to June 25 inclusive. 



Delegates to the meeting should bear in 

 mind the necessity of obtaining a certificate 

 from the office where the ticket is bought. 

 Do not make the mistake of asking for a 



A special form of certificate has been is- 

 sued for this Convention and anybody neglect- 

 ing to obtain it, properly made out and signed 

 by the selling agent, will be compelled to pay 

 full fare on the return trip. 



Certificates are not kept at all stations. It 

 is essential that special inquiry be made re- 

 garding this matter at least thirty minutes 

 before departure of train. 



If the agent at the station where the, ticket 

 is bought is not supplied with certificates, he 



will inform delegates at what station they 

 can be bought. Buy a local ticket to the 

 station designated and there take up a cer- 

 tificate and through ticket. 



Upon arrival at Pittsburgh delegates should 

 hand their certificates to the Permanent Sec- 

 retary who will in turn hand them to the 

 Local Secretary and special agent for endorse- 

 ment. Even if certificates are properly made 

 out and attested by the ticket agent at the 

 selling office, they will not be honored for re- 

 duced fare on the return trip unless they are 

 endorsed by the Local Secretary and vali- 

 dated by the special agent of the Railway 

 Associations, and after being thus endorsed 

 and validated they will not be honored for 

 reduced rate on return trip unless they are de- 

 posited with the agents of terminal lines in 

 Pittsburgh on or before July 9. 



It has been arranged that a special agent 

 of the Railway Associations will be in attend- 

 ance to vise certificates on June 28, 29, 30, 

 July 1, 2, and 3. A charge of twenty-five 

 (25) cents for validating each ticket is made 

 by the railways to defray cost of presence of 

 special agent. 



To prevent disappointment, it must be un- 

 derstood that the reduction on return journey 

 is not guaranteed, but is contingent on an 

 attendance of not less than 100 persons hold- 

 ing certificates obtained from the ticket agent 

 at starting points showing payment of full 

 first-class fare of not less than seventy-five 

 (75) cents on going journey; provided, how- 

 ever, that if the tickets presented fall short 

 of the required minimum and it shall appear 

 that round trip tickets are held in lieu of 

 certificates, they shall be reckoned in arriv- 

 ing at the minimum. This ruling regarding 

 the minimum of 100 applies to the Western, 

 Central, Trunk Line, and New England Pas- 

 senger Associations. In each instance the 

 return journey must be made by the same 

 route traveled on the going journey, and it 

 must be continuous. 



If the necessary minimum is in attendance 

 and certificates are properly made out and 

 attested by the selling agent, acknowledged 

 by the Local Secretary, validated by the spe- 

 cial agent, and deposited with agents of ter- 



