September 22, 1905.J 



SCIENCE, 



383 



terial premiums intended to aid original work 

 among teachers in secondary schools were 

 awarded in the department of mathematical 

 sciences to Professor Ciani (£50), Professor 

 Pirondini (£38), and Professor Chini (£20). 

 Out of the funds available from the Carpi 

 prize, a sum of £32 was awarded to Dr. P. 

 Enriques for a thesis on the changes brought 

 about in absorbed chlorophyll by the action of 

 the liver, and the relation existing between 

 the derivatives of chlorophyll produced in the 

 organism and the genesis of the hematic pig- 

 ments. In his address the vice-president, F. 

 d'Ovidio, discussed in general terms the ques- 

 tion ' Art for Art's Sake,' dealing more par- 

 ticularly with the influence exerted on na- 

 tional life and character by art and literature. 



The autumn course of lectures of the New 

 York Botanical Garden will be delivered in 

 the lecture hall of the museum, on Saturday 

 afternoons, at 4 :30 p.m., as follows : 



October 7, ' Autumn Features of- Native Trees 

 and Shrubs,' by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



October 14, ' The Faculties of Plants,' by Dr. D. 

 T. MacDougal. 



October 21, ' Botanical Explorations in Hayti,' 

 by Mr. Geo. V. Nash. 



October 28, ' A Summer in the Desert,' by Pro- 

 fessor Francis E. Lloyd. 



November 4, ' The Sea-gardens of Tropical 

 America,' by Dr. M. A. Howe. 



November 11 (subject to be announced), by Dr. 

 W. A. Murrill. 



November 18, 'Fossil Plants,' by Dr. Arthur 

 Hollick. 



November 25, ' Tropical Fruits,' by Professor 

 H. H. Rusby. 



The director-in-chief and other members of 

 the staff will be pleased to receive members 

 and their friends at the grounds in Bronx 

 Park, every Saturday for which lectures are 

 announced. Opportunity will be given for 

 inspection of museums, laboratories, library, 

 herbaria, the public conservatories, the her- 

 baceous collection, the hemlock forest and 

 parts of the arboretum site. 



The bridge over the Zambesi River in Africa 

 has been formally opened in the presence of the 

 visiting members of the British Association. 

 Professor Darwin made the opening speech. 



The New York Evening Post states that 

 Major von Donat, the author of the well- 

 known plan for the drainage and colonization 

 of the Pontine Marshes, has placed before the 

 Bavarian government a project for creating a 

 source of electric power suiiicient to run all 

 the railways of the country. He would secure 

 this power by damming the River Isar be- 

 tween Wallgau and Vorderritz, thus creating 

 a new lake, and connecting this with the 

 Walchensee and the Kochelsee. He has 

 figured out that this would effect a saving of 

 $10,000,000 a year. 



CoA'SUL Stephens, of Plymouth, reports that 

 a new return has just been issued for the first 

 time by the British government. It is the 

 counterpart of the alien immigration returns, 

 and deals with the number of passengers who 

 leave England for places out of Europe, dis- 

 criminating between the British Empire and 

 foreign countries. It appears that in the 

 month of July, 21,000 Britons emigrated, two 

 thirds being from England, 4,392 from Scot- 

 land, and 2,631 from Ireland. That is a re- 

 duction of 1,664 as compared with the corre- 

 sponding month of last year. As regards the 

 past seven months, British emigrants num- 

 bered about 151,000, an increase of 13,447. 

 England contributed 98,460, Scotland 24,116, 

 and Ireland 28,333. Of British and Scotch 

 emigrants, rather more than one half go to 

 British colonies, and Canada takes by far the 

 greatest proportion of them. The Irish, how- 

 ever, prefer the United States, with the result 

 that the republic gets raore British people 

 than Canada. It is claimed that the English 

 and Scotch are far more partial to the Domin- 

 ion than to the United States, and sent 55,000 

 emigrants there as against 2,000 Irish in the 

 7 months. South Africa holds the next place 

 in popularity, and has taken nearly 13,000 

 Britons in the 7 months, while Australia at- 

 tracted 6,325. The returns also show that 

 110,000 foreigners left the United Kingdom, 

 chiefly for the United States, in the past 7 

 months. 



Consul Kehl, of Stettin, writes explaining 

 new regulations that have been issued for the 

 admission of students to technical high schools 

 in Prussia. He says : The students will be di- 



