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extracts from which are embodied in an article by Miss Elizabeth 

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— Arrangements for instruction in botany at the Marine Bio- 

 logical Laboratory have now been completed, and Mr. Setchell of 

 Harvard University will again take charge of the work in this 

 department. Applications for places in either department should 

 be addressed to Miss A. D. Phillips, secretary, 33 Marlborough 

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— Among the fifteen candidates recently selected by the council 

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May 7, are as follows : Much important and valuable work, more 

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 geology of the North-West Territory and British Columbia ; placed 

 in charge of the Yukon Expedition, 1887; author of numerous 

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 and other observations, published in the Quarterly Journal of the 

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 geology of the regions explored, but some describe Foraminifera 

 and other microscopic organisms. Author of fifteen reports pub- 

 lished by the Geological Survey of Canada, and joint author 

 (with Dr. Selwyn) of a " Descriptive Sketch of the Physical 

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