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SCIENCE. 



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previously unknown, including the Gaspe 

 Peninsula ; the coasts of the Labrador 

 Peninsula, including its Atlantic, Hudson 

 Strait and Hudson and James IBay sides ; most 

 of the southern coast of the Island of Baffin- 

 land, some of the large islands of the north- 

 ern end of Hudson Bay, nearly the whole coast 

 of Hudson Bay, the great rivers flovsdng into 

 James Bay, and many of the great lakes. He 

 has written 200 reports on various scientific 

 subjects, and has greatly extended our knowl- 

 edge of vast areas of the western continent. 



The Victoria research medal has been 

 awarded to Professor W. M. Eamsay, D.C.L., 

 LL.D. Professor Eamsay has been working 

 at ancient geography for nearly 30 years, and 

 is the acknowledged leader of all Europe in 

 that branch of study. His work in Asia 

 Minor has revolutionized the methods upon 

 which such study is based, and has originated 

 a whole school of students in this country and 

 in France and Germany. What he has done 

 for history can hardly be exaggerated. Till 

 his advent it was impossible to understand 

 either the campaigns which ended in the 

 Roman occupation or those which marked 

 stages in the long struggle of Christianity and 

 Islam. Professor Ramsay's surveys and notes 

 have been of invaluable service to the cartog- 

 raphers of Asia Minor. 



The Murchison award has been given to 

 Major H. R. Davis for his explorations in the 

 Shan States, Kachin Hills, Tun-nan, Siam 

 and Sechuan. 



The Gill memorial has been awarded to 

 Major A. St. Hill Gibbons for the important 

 exploring and survey work which he has done 

 in Barotseland on his two expeditions in 1895- 

 96 and in 1898-1900. 



The Cuthbert Peek fund has been awarded 

 to Major H. H. Austin, O.M.G., D.S.O., R.E., 

 for his exploration in tire Lake Rudolf region, 

 the Sobat region, and his hazardous expedition 

 from Omdurman to Mombasa via Lake Ru- 

 dolf in 1900 and 1901. 



The Back bequest goes to Major R. &. T. 

 Bright, C.M.G., for his eight and one half 

 years' exploring work in the Sudan, Uganda 

 and east Africa. The Sobat, Akobo and Ru- 



dolf regions were explored by him under 

 Major Austin in 1899 and 1901. In 1902-4 he 

 worked under Colonel Delme RadclifFe on the 

 Anglo-German boundary commission west of 

 Victoria Nyanza. In 1904^6 he worked under 

 Colonel Smith on the Anglo-German bound- 

 ary commission east of the Lake to Kiliman- 

 jaro. 



TEE CONaBESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



March 2h, 1906. — Mr. Henry, of Connecti- 

 cut, from the Committee on Agriculture, to 

 which was referred the bill of the House 

 (House Resolution 7,019) for the protection of 

 animals, birds, and fish in the forest reserves, 

 and for other purposes, reported the same 

 without amendment, accompanied by a report 

 (No. 2,494) ; which said bill and report were 

 referred to the House Calendar. 



March 26, iPOfi.— The bill authorizing Pro- 

 fessor Simon Newcomb to accept a decoration 

 conferred upon him by the Emperor of Ger- 

 many, passed the House. 



A bill for a public building for the United 

 States Geological Survey at Washington, was 

 introduced by Mr. Sherman and referred to 

 the Committee on Public Buildings and 

 Grounds. 



March 27, i906.— Mr. Capron, from the 

 Committee on the Territories, to which was 

 referred the bill of the House (House Resolu- 

 tion 13,543) for the protection and regulation 

 of the fisheries of Alaska, reported the same 

 with amendment, accompanied by a report 

 (No. 2,657) ; which said bill and report were 

 referred to the House Calendar. 



March 29, 1906.— Mv. Lacey, from the Com- 

 mittee on the Public Lands, to which was re- 

 ferred the bill of the House (H. R. 15,335) for 

 the protection of game animals, birds, and 

 fishes in the Olympic Forest Reserves of the 

 United States, in the State of Washington, 

 reported the same without amendment, accom- 

 panied by a report (No. 2,744) ; which said bill 

 and report were referred to the House Cal- 

 endar. 



United States Senate: March 28, 1906. — 

 Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public 

 Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 

 4,487) granting to the State of Oregon certain 



