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SCIENCE. 



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it is claimed that they will not differ greatly 

 from those of the preceding year, when they 

 showed a falling off. One hundred and twenty- 

 one stock companies, having a combined capi- 

 tal of about $83,000,000, paid in 1900 an 

 average dividend of 12.33 per cent., as against 

 13.32 per cent, in 1899. Nineteen companies 

 paid no dividends in 1900 ; 20 paid less than 

 5 per cent. 



As will appear from the following figures, 

 the gain in imports in 1901 was marked in 

 certain articles, particularly' in coloring mat- 

 ters : 



creasing competition on the part of the United 

 States in this important branch is admitted. 



As is well known, the manufacture of dye- 

 stuffs, and especially of coal-tar products, has 

 been a specialty of the Germans. This branch 

 of chemical industry has shown a marvelous 

 growth and has apparently yielded good re- 

 turns on the money invested. 



The exports of aniline colors for the past 

 sis years have been: 



The German manufacturer of chemicals is 

 dependent iipon foreign countries for most of 

 his raw product and for an outlet for his 

 goods ; he is also hampered by the high price 

 of fuel and freights, and he realizes that his 

 main reliance is the supply of trained chem- 

 ists in Germany. A summary of the statistics 

 of this industry in the United States, taken 

 from the recently published census returns, 

 has been published somewhat widely in Ger- 

 many; and the certainty of vigorous and in- 



SCIENTIFW NOTES AND NEWS. 



We have noted that four men of science — 

 Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister, Lord Rayleigh and 

 Sir William Huggins — have been included in 

 the new order of merit founded by King Ed- 

 ward at the time of his expected coronation. 

 Attention should further be called to the fact 

 that in addition to these four men of science 

 there are in the order three generals, two ad- 

 mirals, two men of letters and one artist. 

 Science consequently appears to be in advance 

 of any other department in the number of 

 those selected as especially noteworthy, and to 

 represent one third of the most eminent men 

 (excluding statesmen) in Great Britain. 



It is said that Captain Willard Herbert 

 Brownson, now commanding the battleship 

 Alabama, has been selected as superintendent 

 of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, 'to assume 

 his duties in October. Captain C. H. Davis, 

 superintendent of the Naval Observatory, will, 

 it is understood, succeed Captain Brownson in 

 command of the Alaiama. 



Despatches from Germany report that Pro- 

 fessor Virchow has had another fall and is 

 very seriously ill. 



A TITLE of nobility has been conferred on 

 the Asiatic explorer. Dr. Sven Hedin. 



Mr. Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, is at present in Minnesota con- 

 ducting experiments on reforestation. He 

 will later go to the Philippine Islands to pre- 

 pare a report on the forest conditions. 



Dr. Whitman Cross, of the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, will spend part of the year in the 

 Hawaiian Islands studying volcanic phenom- 

 ena. 



Mr. J. A. L. CooLiDGE, instructor in mathe- 

 matics at Harvard University, has been 

 granted leave of absence, and will spend two 

 years in study abroad. 



The centenary of the establishment of the 

 Paris Council of Hygiene was celebrated on 

 July 7. On this occasion gold medals were 

 presented to Professor Proust and M. Schloes- 

 ing. 



