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hand doeth. As a merchant and banker he 

 was successful, and the cuhnination of his 

 business career was reached when he was 

 elected to the presidency of the Chamber of 

 Commerce. Through his activity this stately 

 association of the merchants of New York was 

 provided with its present magnificent build- 

 ing. This reminds iis of another aspect of 

 Mr. Jesup's life — his desire that science and 

 commerce should both be set amidst appro- 

 priate and dignified surroundings. 



During the past year-, because of failing 

 strength, Mr. Jesup has not been able to take 

 an active part in the management of the 

 museum, but its welfare has been one of the 

 chief subjects of his thought and its progress 

 one of the chief sources of happiness to him 

 during the long suffering days and weeks of 

 his illness. Born at Westport, Connecticut, 

 June 21, 1830, he passed away in New York 

 City on January 22, 1908. His death has 

 been followed by rare testimonials of admira- 

 tion and appreciation. 



H. F. O. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Professor Eeginald W. Brock, professor of 

 geology in the School of Mining, Kingston, 

 has been appointed director of the Geological 

 Survey of Canada. 



Dr. Arthur Newsholme has been appointed 

 medical officer to the London Local Govern- 

 ment Board on the retirement from that office 

 of Mr. W. H. Power, C.B., F.E.S. 



Mr. E. H. Lock, fellow of Gonville and 

 Caius College, Cambridge University, has been 

 appointed an assistant director at the Eoyal 

 Botanic Gardens at Peradenyia, in Ceylon, a 

 post which, at the instance of the director, 

 Dr. Willis, has been created for him by the 

 Colonial Office. 



Dr. Theodore W. Eichards, professor of 

 chemistry at Harvard University, has been 

 elected a foreign member of the Academy of 

 Sciences at Stockholm. 



Dr. Peodor Cernyshev, St. Petersburg, has 

 been elected a foreign correspondent of the 

 Geological Society of London. 



Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse has been elected 

 president of the British Entomological So- 

 ciety. 



The senior students in mining at the Penn- 

 sylvania State College have presented to Pro- 

 fessor M. E. Wadsworth, dean of the schools 

 of mines and metallurgy, a silver loving cup 

 on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. 



Professor J. Paul Goode, of the University 

 of Chicago, will spend the next six months at 

 Washington in order to use the geographical 

 works in the congressional library. 



Dr. W. W. Beman, professor of mathematics 

 at the University of Michigan, has been grant- 

 ed leave of absence for the coming academic 

 year, which he will spend abroad. 



Mr: E. S. Williams, assistant curator of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, has gone to 

 the Isthmus of Panama to make collections 

 for the garden. He expects to return in May. 



The Eoonya has returned to Wellington, 

 N. Z., after having towed the Nimrod, Lieu- 

 tenant Shaekleton's ship, with the British 

 Antarctic Expedition on board, 1,500 miles 

 to within a mile of the ice. 



We learn from the London Times that the 

 Aero Club of France gave a banquet on Jan- 

 uary 16 to Mr. Henry Farman in honor of 

 his feat in winning the prize offered by the 

 club for the iirst flight of one kilometer with 

 a machine heavier than air. The chairman, 

 in proposing the toast of the guest of the 

 evening, recalled the history of the conquest 

 of the air. The Comte de la Vaux then pre- 

 sented the gold medal of the Aero Club to 

 Mr. Farman, who also received two other gold 

 medals, one from Messrs. Voisin, the builders 

 of his aeroplane, and the other from M. Frank 

 Eeichel, as well as a bronze by Barrias, pre- 

 sented by M. Eobert Esnault-Pettrie, of the 

 Academic des Sports. M. Le Vasseur was 

 presented with a medal in enamel by Messrs. 

 Voisin. Speeches were then made by M. 

 Henry Deutsch, Baron de Zuylen, M. Arch- 

 deacon, Prince Eoland Bonaparte and Mr. 

 Henry Farman, after which MM. Deutsch and 

 Archdeacon each handed a cheque for 25,000 f. 

 to Mr. Farman. 



