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have been unearthed. The number of broken 
bone needles and splinters of bone found in one 
mound seem to indicate that it was utilized as 
a needle factory. Another mound was very 
rich in fragments of pottery and other evidences 
of the manufacture of hardware. As usual, 
very few human remains were discovered, part 
of the skeleton of a very young child being all 
that was brought to light this summer. With 
the exception of the cracked skulls of a few un- 
fortunate warriors, the remains of very young 
children have chiefly been found in past years, 
Mr. Bulleid being of the opinion that these 
primitive people conveyed their dead to the 
neighboring hills for interment. Parts of three 
broken millstones were unearthed, and in one 
mound a clay oven, measuring 2 feet by 9 inches. 
One glass article only was brought to light this 
year, a blue glass bead with a wavy line of dark 
blue running round it. Altogether the season’s 
work has proved very interesting, and the 
British Association is so well satisfied with the 
discoveries made from time to time that at their 
Toronto meeting they renewed their grant 
towards the excavation fund. 
A MUSEUM of Natural History and Anthro- 
pology was opened at Wernigerode on July 
29th, It was planned by the late Prince Otto 
von Wernigerode and will be named after him. 
The Museum contains the mineralogical collec- 
tions of Count Heinrich Ernst, Councillor Jasche 
and Dr. Déring, the herbarium of Dr. Sporleder, 
the zoological collections of Dr. Muller and the 
anthropological collections of Dr. Augustin and 
Dr. Friedrich. 
THE last number of the Journal of the Marine 
Biological Association of the United Kingdom 
contains the annual report of the Director and 
of the Council for 1896-97. According to the 
notice in Natural Science, the Plymouth station 
continues to flourish and increase in utility 
under the direction of Mr. Allen. The Asso- 
ciation is also fortunate in retaining the services 
of Mr. Holt, for the time being, as Honorary 
Naturalist. The Lords Commissioners of H. M. 
Treasury, in granting the usual £1,000 for the 
year 1897-98, have made it a condition that the 
Association will give all the assistance in its 
power to the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries in 
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investigations which they desire to be made on 
the habits and migrations of the mackerel vis- 
iting the Irish coast. This work has thus been 
begun, and the principal contribution to the 
new number of the Journal is Mr. Allen’s re- 
‘port on the present state of knowledge with 
regard to the habits and migrations of the 
mackerel (Scomber scomber). Most of the other 
papers also have an important economic bear- 
ing. The large laboratory in the Plymouth 
station has been provided with a new flat tank, 
eight feet by five feet and eight inches deep, in 
which Mr. Garstang has been making observa- 
tions on crustacea. The sea water supplied to 
the laboratory is still kept distinct from the 
general circulation in the show tanks, and is 
never returned to the laboratory tanks after it 
has passed through them. Experience shows 
that the theory of ‘circulation,’ as applied to 
aquaria, is illusory and in practice disastrous. 
THE United States Department of Agriculture 
has issued a circular by Mr. B. EH. Fernow, 
Chief of the Division of Forestry, on recent 
legislation on forest reserves. It includes an 
account of the federal legislation to which dur- 
ing the year we have frequently called atten- 
tion, and to legislation in Minnesota, Wisconsin, 
Pennsylvania and New York. In view of the 
importance of the action of the New York 
Legislature in enlarging the Adirondack Park, 
it may be well to give the constitution of the 
Commission of Fisheries, Game and Forests, 
under the law of April 25, 1895. This law is a 
comprehensive measure in which allied inter- 
ests are brought under the control of a single 
board. The commission consists of five mem- 
bers appointed by the Governor with the con- 
sent of the Senate, the term of office being five 
years. The President, who is designated as 
such by the Governor, receives a salary of $5,- 
000 per year and traveling expenses, and de- 
votes all his time to the work of his office. The 
remaining four commissioners each receive $1,- 
000 per year and traveling expenses. The 
board holds at least four meetings, on desig- 
nated days, each year. It has a secretary at 
$2,000 per year, and necessary clerical force. 
The duties of the board are to propagate and 
distribute food-fish and game; to enforce all 
laws for the protection of fish and game and 
