Juy 16, 1897.] 
amounting to nearly $20,000. These awards 
were as follows: To Professor F. E. Schultze 
for the publication of Das Tierreich under: the 
auspices of the Zoological Society, 35,000 M. ; 
for the publication of the new edition of Kant’s 
works, 25,000 M.; to Professor Engler for the 
publication of monographs on African botany, 
2,000 M.; to Dr. G. Lindau for studies on 
Lichens, 900 M.; to Professor F. Frech for 
his geological studies, 1,500 M.; to Professor 
H. Hurthle for studies on muscles, 850 M. ; to 
Professor R. Bonnet, for the preparation of a 
work on blood vessels, 800 M. ; to Dr. Lihe, 
for investigations of the fauna of salt lakes 
of North Africa, 2,000 M.; to Dr. G. Brandes, 
for studies on Nemertina, 800 M.; to Dr. R. 
Hesse for investigations at Naples on the eyes 
of lower marine animals, 500 M. ; to Profes- 
sor EH. Cohen for investigations of meteorites, 
1,500 M., and to Dr. L. Wulff for experiments 
on artificial crystals, 1,500 M. 
THE Academy of Sciences of Vienna cele- 
brated, on May 30th, the fiftieth anniversary 
of its foundation. The government made this 
the occasion of increasing the annual subsidy 
of the Academy from 40,000 to 50,000 FI. 
THE German Zoological Society held its sey- 
enth annual meeting from the 9th to the 11th 
of June at Kiel. We learn from Die Natur 
that the program we have already announced 
was carried out, except that the president, Pro- 
fessor Butschli, was unable to be present and 
the meeting was presided over by Professor J. 
B. Carus. There were thirty-seven members 
and thirteen guests in attendance. It was de- 
cided to hold the next annual meeting at Hei- 
delberg at Whitsuntide. 
THE eightieth meeting of the Swiss Scien- 
tific Association will be held at Engelberg from 
the 12th to the 15th of September. The place 
of meeting is in the midst of fine Alpine scen- 
ery a three and a-half hours’ drive from the 
nearest railway station. American men of sci- 
ence are cordially invited to be present. : 
THE Anatomical Society, intended to be in- 
ternational in character, but chiefly supported 
by German anatomists, held its eleventh meet- 
ing at Genth from the 24th to the 27th of April, 
_ with fifty members and guests in attendance. 
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The President, Professor Waldeyer, discussed 
anatomical nomenclature, and papers were pre- 
sented by Professor O. Schultze, Professor y. 
Kolliker, Professor y. Bardeleben and others. 
The next meeting will be held at Kiel during 
April of next year. 
THE preliminary program of the first Inter- 
national Congress of Mathematicians, to be held 
at Zurich from the 9th to the 11th of August, 
announces that in addition to two general 
meetings there will be six sectional meetings 
as follows: Arithmetic and algebra, analysis 
and theory of functions, geometry, mechanics 
and mathematical physics, astronomy and 
geodesy, history and bibliography. At the 
general sessions the following papers will be 
presented: ‘On the relations between pure 
analysis and mathematical physics,’ by Professor 
H. Poincaré; ‘On the recent development of 
the general theory of analytical functions,’ by 
Professor A. Huritz; ‘On the teaching of 
higher mathematics,’ by Professor F. Klein ; 
On Logica Mathematica, by Professor G. Peano. 
The dues for the Congress are 25 fr., which sum 
includes the cost of the banquet and other en- 
tertainments. 
THE second of the annual conversaziones of 
the Royal Society was held on June 16th. Dem- 
onstrations with illustrations were made by 
Mr. W. H. Preece on signalling through space 
without wires, and by Professor Lockyer on the 
arrangements of the 1896 eclipse expeditions. 
There were exhibits by Lord Kelvin of the elec- 
trical effects of uranium and of X-rays, by Pro- 
fessor S. P. Thompson, Mr, A. A. C. Swinton, 
Dr. John Macintyre, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and 
Mr. Walter Hibbert. There were also other 
interesting exhibits, both in the biological and 
in the physical sciences. 
THE annual field meeting of the Indiana 
Academy of Science was held at Lafayette from 
the 26th to the 28th of May, with an attendance 
of forty members. Excursions were made in the 
surrounding regions, and an address was given 
by Professor Frederick Starr, his subject being 
‘Dress and Ornament.’ 
ProFessor A. C. GREENHILL, of Woolwich; 
Professor J. V. Jones, of Cardiff, and Professors 
John Perry and W. E. Ayrton, of London, have 
expressed their intention of being present at 
