May 6, 1904.] 



SCIENCE. 



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the American revolution. Our revolution 

 caused England to tighten, not to loosen, 

 her grip on her dependencies. 



It was not until 1837 that the Canadian 

 rebellion wrought a change in British col- 

 onial administration. Just at that time the 

 whig party and free trade ideas were gain- 

 ing a great ascendency in England, and as 

 a result of these ideas and the Canadian 

 outbreak in 1837 Great Britain gradually 

 began to grant what is called 'responsible 

 government' to the Canadian and Austral- 

 ian provinces. So that it is to the Ca- 

 nadian rebellion of 1837 rather than to our 

 revolution that the present rather liberal 

 and easy governments of Canada and Aus- 

 tralia owe their existence. This change 

 appears to have been an immense relief to 

 the people of the Canadian and Australian 

 provinces. The Canadians, after over sev- 

 enty-five years of British rule, numbered, 

 at the time of the rebellion of 1837, only 

 1,500,000, but in the succeeding sixty years 

 of responsible government they have in- 

 creased to 6,000,000. The Australian colo- 

 nists have also gained a similar increase. 



The Eedonic Postulate: Professor LrNDiiET 

 M. Keasbet, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 



Results of the American Ethnographical 

 Survey: Professor Marion D. Leaened, 

 Philadelphia. 



In the summer of 1902 the American 

 Ethnographical Survey was organized to 

 investigate the actual relations of the vari- 

 ous race elements in our American popula- 

 tion and their importance in American 

 civilization. A sum of money was collected 

 by the German American Alliance and the 

 German American Historical Society, and 

 a beginning made in Pennsylvania by an 

 examination of the Conestoga region. The 

 Conestoga expedition was composed of Pro- 

 fessor M. D. Learned, director; Dr. G. D. 

 Luetscher, Dr. Charles R. Miller, Dr. J. A. 

 Bole, Mr. C. F. Brede, Mr. E. M. Fogel. 



Special attention was given to tracing the 

 German settlements from 1709 on, and 

 their relations to their English, Scotch- 

 Irish and "Welsh neighbors. A part of the 

 expedition made a careful study of the 

 community settlement of the Rappists, now 

 located at Economy, Pa. A large amount 

 of material was collected along the lines 

 of early settlements and migrations, trades, 

 industries and their effects upon the geo- 

 graphical distribution of the population, 

 religion, education, politics, manners, cus- 

 toms, superstition, dress, language, litera- 

 ture and architecture. This material has 

 been published in part in the following 

 papers in the German American Annals: 



1. 'The American Ethnographical Sur- 

 vey, Preliminary Report of the Conestoga 

 Expedition,' by the director. 



2. 'Benjamin Herr's Journal, 1830/ by 

 the director. 



3. 'An Old German Midwife's Record, 

 1791-1815,' by the director with C. P. 

 Brede. 



4. 'Industries of York and Lancaster 

 Counties,' by G. D. Leutscher. 



The following matter is in press and 

 being prepared for the press: 



1. 'History of the Rappist Settlement,' 

 by J. A. Bole (in press). 



2. 'The Official Report of the Survey.' 



3. 'A Series of Race Maps, Showing the 

 Distribution of the Race Elements at Dif- 

 ferent Periods.' 



4. 'A Dialect Map, with Special Refer- 

 ence to the German Dialects.' 



5. 'The Architectural Survivals.' 



6. 'Studies in Literature, Language and 

 Biography of the Region.' 



Regulation of Color-Signals in Marine and 



Naval Service: Dr. Charles A. Oliver, 



Philadelphia. Read by title. 



The social features of the meeting were 



especially pleasant. In addition to the 



public reception on Thursday evening the 



