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the animal body eliminated either by the lungs 

 or by the skin in the gaseous form?' The 

 value of the prize is 6,000 kronen, about $1,000. 

 The essays may be written in German, French 

 or English, and must be sent in before Febru- 

 ary ,1, 1904. 



Medical journals state that a prize of 500 

 lire is offered by the Societa Medico-Chirur- 

 gica of Bologna for the best work received be- 

 fore 1903 on the subject of 'Serum Diagiiosis 

 of Tuberculosis.' All competing- communica- 

 tions must be addressed to the secretary of the 

 society, and be written in Latin, French or 

 Italian. 



The dail5' papers report that patents on 

 eleven different parts of wireless telegraphic 

 apparatus were granted on August 12 by the 

 Patent Oifice to Professor Reginald A. Fessen- 

 deu of the Weather Bureau. 



TDeeds were filed on July 26, at Saranac 

 Lake, transferring 514 acres of land at Pay 

 Brook to the State Hospital Commission. 

 This is for the state sanatorium for the treat- 

 ment of incipient tuberculosis. 



The Journal of ihe American Medical Asso- 

 ciation states that the New South Wales 

 branch of the British Medical Association gave 

 a conversazione at the University of Sydney, 

 June 24, including among the guests govern- 

 ment officials and members of paj-liament, for- 

 eign consuls and ministers. An exhibit in- 

 cluded pathologic models and specimens, old 

 books, electric devices with demonstrations, 

 chemical and biologic apparatus. 



The first international conference to discuss 

 uniform standards for the stronger drugs of 

 the Pharmacopeia will meet at Brussels on 

 September 15. 



A LETTER received on August 14 by the sec- 

 retary of the Peary Arctic Club from Captain 

 Samuel W. Bartlett of the steamer Windward, 

 dated Domino Run, Labrador, July 26, says : 

 "Everything works smoothly, and am in hopes 

 of reaching Etah Aug. 5, and that we shall 

 have no difficulty in crossing Smith Sound and 

 finding Peary. Hope to see you in New York 

 Sept. 20 with the best of news." 



The University of Illinois Biological Sta- 

 tion at Winona Lake is closing after a very 



successful season. The total enrollment 

 is 79, as compared with 58 last sum- 

 mer. 



The topographic survey of North Carolina 

 is being actively pushed during the present 

 season by the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey in cooperation with the state, the state 

 board of agriculture providing half the funds 

 for this work and the federal organization the 

 remainder. The work is under the charge of 

 Topographer Albert Pike, who has several par- 

 ties now in the field. 



We learn from Sjtiious' Meteorological 

 Magazine that Mr. W. H. Dines has been 

 carrying on experiments with his rhomboidal 

 kites at Crinan, in the west of Scotland, during 

 the month of June, and has, it seems, suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining satisfactory meteorological 

 records from heights up to 4,800 feet or more. 

 Mr. John Anderson has been making similar ex- 

 periments with a bamboo box-kite at Millport. 



The Civil Service Commission announces 

 that on September 9 an examination will be 

 held for the positions of pathologist and bac- 

 teriologist in the government laboratories at 

 Manila, P. I. The salaries of these positions 

 are $1,800 and $1,500 respectively. On Oc- 

 tober 21, 22 and 23 an examination will be 

 held for the positions of civil and electrical 

 engineers in the Philippine service, the sal- 

 aries being $1,400 and $1,600. Appointees will 

 be required to pay their traveling exiaenses to 

 San Francisco, but the government furnishes 

 them transportation free of charge on its trans- 

 ports from that point to Manila, but exacts a 

 charge of $1.50 a day for meals while en route, 

 which is returned to the appointee upon his 

 arrival at Manila. Employees who are resi- 

 dents of the United States at the time of their 

 appointment shall, after six months' satisfac- 

 tory service, be reimbursed for their traveling 

 expenses from the place of their residence to 

 the point of embarkation for Manila. Thirty 

 days' leave of absence is granted each year, ex- 

 clusive of Sundays and holidays, and those 

 employees who are promoted to $1,800 per an- 

 num are entitled to thirty-five days, or about 

 forty days, including Sundays and holidays. 

 Leave is also cumulative, and at the end of 



