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tlon which began in 1892, but temporarily 

 halted from 1901 to 1903, was resumed in 

 1904. This increase in 1904 over the output 

 of 1903 was approximately $7,000,000 and in 

 all probability the increase in 1906 over 1905 

 will be at least the same amount. The chief 

 sources of the great increase are as follows: 

 Alaska added about $6,000,000 to its output 

 of $9,160,458 in 1904, and Colorado, Nevada 

 and Utah added about $1,000,000 each to their 

 product of the previous year. On the other 

 hand, decreases are noted in Arizona, Idaho, 

 and other states. The states producing over 

 $1,000,000 in gold rank at present in the fol- 

 lowing order: Colorado, California, Alaska, 

 South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Ari- 

 zona, Oregon and Idaho. The production of 

 silver in 1905 represents a decrease of 1,- 

 581,200 ounces in actual output, but in spite 

 of this the increase in the average price 4 

 cents an ounce (from 57 cents in 1904 to 61 

 cents in 1905) effected an addition to the 

 value in 1904 of $765,952. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The Experiment Station Record states that 

 a new agricultural college and research insti- 

 tute for Madras is now in course of erection. 

 In 1905 a grant to the presidency by the gov- 

 ernment of India of $50,000 per annum, which 

 was subsequently increased to $100,000, added 

 to the allotment made by the government of 

 Madras, removed all financial difiiculty ex- 

 perienced by the Madras agricultural depart- 

 ment. The result of this improved financial 

 condition was the decision of the government 

 to close the agricultural college at Saidapet 

 and establish a new college and research insti- 

 tute, adequately equipped with laboratories 

 and class-rooms and with a suitable farm near 

 Coimbatore. The staff will consist of an ex- 

 pert agriculturist as the principal of the col- 

 lege, a superintendent of the central farm, a 

 government botanist and an agricultural 

 chemist. Ultimately an entomologist and 

 mycologist may be added. The staff will com- 

 bine teaching with research work. Problems 

 connected with the agriculture of the presi- 

 dency will be studied in the laboratory and 



the field, while the students will be given a 

 general education in all branches of agricul- 

 tural science. 



A FIRE, originating in the photographic 

 room of Marischal College, Aberdeen, caused 

 damage amounting to about £500. 



There will be two fellowships open in the 

 department of zoology and entomology in the 

 Ohio State University for the coming uni- 

 versity year. These provide a salary of $300 

 and cover also tuition and laboratory fees. 

 The holder is expected to carry on graduate 

 work and may be called upon for assistance 

 for laboratory work not to exceed half of the 

 university time. Applications should be ad- 

 dressed to Professor Herbert Osbom, Ohio 

 State University, Columbus, Ohio. 



Dr. J. H. Wright has been appointed as- 

 sistant professor of pathology in Harvard 

 Medical School. 



Mr. Bertram G. Smith, for the past three 

 years an assistant in zoology in the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan, has been appointed in- 

 structor in biology in Lake Forest College, at 

 Lake Forest, HI. 



Mr. Alfred Akerman, formerly state for- 

 ester of Massachusetts and at present state 

 forester of Georgia, has been given charge of 

 the department of forestry which has been 

 inaugurated at the University of Georgia. 



The following appointments have been 

 made at George Washington University: 

 Isaac Wright Blackburn, M.D. (Pennsyl- 

 vania), professor in Georgetown University, 

 to be professor of morbid anatomy; George 

 Albert Eoss, A.M. (Columbian), professor of 

 mathematics in Hardin College, to be in- 

 structor in mathematics, and Mr. Abraham 

 Press, to be lecturer in engineering. 



Mr. W. E. Colling has been placed in 

 charge of a department of economic zoology 

 at the University of Birmingham. 



Dr. Devaux has been appointed professor 

 of plant physiology, and Dr. Marchis, pro- 

 fessor of physics, at the University of Bor- 

 deaux. 



Mr. a. W. Andrews, M.A., has been ap- 

 pointed to the new lectureship in geography 

 at University College, Aberystwyth. 



