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SCIENCE. 



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it. With the cooperation of the Government of 

 the Colony it is hoped that special facilities -will 

 be extended to accredited members of your Asso- 

 ciation to enable them to see these southern 

 islands. 



The present is merely a preliminary notice to 

 bring the matter under the observation of your 

 members. I hope next year to extend a more 

 formal invitation and to be able to state more 

 definitely what provision is being made for the 

 entertainment of visitors. 



The presidents of the sections of the meet- 

 ing are 



B. — Chemistry: J. Brownlie Henderson, Govern- 

 ment analyst, Brisbane. 



C. — Geology and mineralogy: W. H. Twelve- 

 trees, F.G.8., Hobart. 



D.— Biology: Colonel W. V. Legge, R.A., 

 Hobart. 



E. — Geography : Professor J. W. Gregory, Mel- 

 bo\irne University. 



F. — ^Anthropology and philology: A. W. Howitt, 

 F.G.S., Melbourne. 



G. — Economics, sub- section 2: Agriculture — J. 

 D. Towar, principal Eosevv'orthy Agricultural Col- 

 lege, South Australia. 



H. — Architecture, Engineering, and Mining: H. 

 Deane, M.A., M.I.C.E., engineer-in-chief Public 

 Works Department, Sydney. 



I. — Sanitary, science, and hygiene. — Dr. Frank 

 Tidswell, Department of Public Health, Sydney. 



J. — ^Mental science and education: John Shirley, 

 B.Sc, inspector of schools, Brisbane. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The National Academy of Sciences holds 

 its autumn meeting at the Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, beginning on Tuesday, 

 November 11. 



Professor Kohlrausch, president of the 

 Eeichsanstalt, has been elected a foreign mem- 

 ber of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. 



De. Wilhelm Forster, director of the 

 Eoyal Observatory at Berlin, has announced 

 his intention of retiring a year hence. He 

 will, however, retain his professorship in the 

 University of Berlin. 



A COMMITTEE of prominent physicians of 

 Philadelphia and Baltimore have arranged 

 for a complimentary dinner to Drs. W. W. 

 Keen and H. C. Wood in honor of their 

 recent return from their long sojourn abroad. 



The dinner will be given at the Bellevue 

 Hotel, Philadelphia, November 6. 



A DINNER in honor of the eightieth birth- 

 day of Mr. John Fritz, the eminent steel mas- 

 ter, and to commemorate the medal established 

 in his honor, was held in New York City on 

 October 31 under the auspices of the American 

 Society of Civil Engineers, the American In- 

 stitute of Mining Engineers, the American So- 

 ciety of Mechanical Engineers and the Ameri- 

 can Institute of Electrical Engineers. In the 

 presence of about 400 engineers and others 

 interested in the manufacture of iron and steel 

 the following program of speeches, with one 

 by Mr. Eritz, was presented: 



Salutatory, Henry Goslee Prout, C.E., M.A., 

 Toastmaster. 



Presentation of the Medal, John Thomson, C.E. 



' The Fathers of the Art,' Hon. Abram S. 

 Hewitt, LL.D. 



' The Navy,' Rear-Admiral George W. Melville, 

 U. S. N. 



' The Army,' Brig.-Gen. Eugene Griffin, U. S. V. 



Messages of Congratulation, Chairman Dinner 

 Committee. 



' The American Society of Civil Engineers,' 

 George Shattuck Morison, C.E., M.A. 



' The American Institute of Mining Engineers,' 

 Dr. Rossiter W. Raymond, E.M. 



' The American Society of Mechanical Engi- 

 neers,' Capt. Robert W. Hunt, C.E., M.E. 



' The American Institute of Electrical Engi- 

 neers,' Professor Elihu Thomson, E.E. 



' The Valley and the Neighbors,' Oliver Wil- 

 liams. 



' John Fritz' Old Boys,' Daniel A. Thompkins, 

 M.E. 



Professor Hans Virchow, son of the late 

 Eudolf Virchow and professor of anatomy in 

 the University of Berlin, has celebrated his 

 iiftieth birthday. 



Dr. K. Gayer, professor at Munich and 

 known for his contributions to forestry, has 

 celebrated his eightieth birthday. 



MM. LippMANN and Eadeau have been ap- 

 pointed members of the council of the Ob- 

 servatory of Paris, filling the places vacant by 

 the deaths of MM. Cornu and Eaye. M. Bayet 

 has also been appointed a member of the coun- 

 cil of the Observatory of Paris and a member 

 of the council of the Astrophysical Observa- 



