JULY 9, 1897.] 
It will thus immediately follow the adjourn- 
ment of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science from Detroit to Toronto, 
and immediately precede the opening of the 
Toronto meeting of the British Association for 
the Advancement of Science. The committee 
of arrangements announce that by invitation of 
the University of Toronto the Society will meet 
in the main building of the University. The 
Society will be called to order by the President, 
Professor Simon Newcomb, on Monday morn- 
ing at 10 o’clock, and the Council will meet 
Monday evening. The committee has decided 
to set apart one of the sessions during the meet- 
ing for the general discussion of the following 
subjects: (1) The accurate definition of the 
subject-matter mathematics. (2).. The vocabu- 
lary of mathematics. The possibility of cor- 
recting and enriching it by cooperative action. 
In connection with the former of the subjects, 
reference may be made to the Presidential ad- 
dress of Mr. A.B. Kempe before the London 
Mathematical Society (Proceedings of the Lon- 
don Mathematical Society, Vol. 26, pp. 5-15). 
No special railroad rates to and from this meet- 
ing haye been secured, but members are en- 
titled to special rates for the numerous excur- 
sions arranged in connection with the meeting 
of the British Association. Members may join 
the British Association on payment of five dol- 
lars. Members of the American or of the British 
Association secure reduced rates to and from the 
meeting through those bodies. 
Mr. C. L. MARLATT, Secretary of the Associ- 
ation of Economic Entomologists, writes us that 
the annual meeting of the Association for 1897, 
which was announced for the two days preced- 
ing the general sessions of the American Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science at De- 
troit, viz., August 6th and 7th, has arranged for 
its sessions on Thursday and Friday, August 
12th and 13th, during which time Section F will 
hold no meetings, closing its work on Wednes- 
day, the 11th. It is believed that this arrange- 
ment will give better satisfaction to the mem- 
bers of the Association of Economic Entomolo- 
gists, most of whom are also members of Section 
F, and will be a saving of time. The Russell 
House will be headquarters. A new feature of 
interest which will be introduced this year will 
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be reports from various foreign members of the 
Association on the worst insect pests of the year 
in their respective countries. The titles of 
papers should be sent promptly to the Secretary 
to be inserted in the provisional program. Gen- 
eral information relating to hotel accommoda- 
tions, railroad rates, etc., is given in the pre- 
liminary announcement recently issued by the 
American Association for the Advancement of 
Science, and, if any of the members have not 
received this circular, they may obtain it, or 
any other desired information of similar nature, 
by writing to the Local Secretary, A.A.A.S., 
Mr. John A. Russell, 401 Chamber of Com- 
merce, Detroit, Mich. 
AMONG the very numerous jubilee honors 
conferred by Queen Victoria we notice that Sir 
William MacCormac, President of the Royal 
College of Surgeons; Dr. Samuel Wilks, Presi- 
dent of the Royal College of Physicians, and 
Mr. James Pender, who carries on much of his 
father’s work in connection with telegraphs, 
have been made baronets. Professor William 
Crookes, Dr. W. G. Gowers and Dr. Felix 
Semon have been made knights. The K. C. B. 
has been conferred upon Professor J. Norman 
Lockyer, Dr. William Huggins, Mr. J. Wolfe 
Barry and Dr. Edward Frankland, and the C. B. 
on Mr. W. H. M. Christie, Astronomer Royal. 
YALE University has conferred the degree of 
LL.D. on Dr. T. Mitchell Prudden, professor 
of pathology in Columbia University. 
HARVARD University has conferred the de- 
gree of A.M. on Professor Franklin W. Hooper, 
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
TRINITY University, of Toronto, will con- 
fer, at the approaching meeting of the British 
Association, the honorary degree of D.C.L. on 
Sir John Evans, President ; Lord Lister, Lord 
Rayleigh, Sir John Lubbock and Dr. Forsyth. 
Mr. ERNEST B. FORBES, of the University of 
Illinois, has been appointed Assistant State 
Entomologist in Minnesota. 
F. VY. CoviLtLE, Chief Botanist of the De- 
partment of Agriculture and Curator of the 
National Herbarium, has just gone to Oregon, 
to investigate the effect of sheep herding on 
the vegetation of the Cascade Range, and to 
conduct botanical investigations. 
