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SCIENCE. 



FN. S. Vol. VIII. No. 183.. 



Basis examination (spelling, arithmetic, pen- 

 manship, letter-writing, copying from 

 plain copy, copying from rough draft — first 



grade) 15 



Library economy, 30 



Bibliography, 30 



French and German, 15 



Experience, 10 



An examination will be held on July 21st, for 

 the position of Assistant Chief, Division of For- 

 estry, Department of Agriculture, at a salary of 

 $1,800 per annum. 



The examination will be as follows : 



Forestry, 60 



Botany, 5 



French or German (translation into Eng- 

 lish of passages relating to forestry), 10 



English (essay on a forestry subject), ... 5 



Experience, 20 



Another examination in the Division of For- 

 estry will be held on July 28th, to fill the posi- 

 tion of District Assistant at a salary of $1,200 

 per annum. The examination will consist of 

 the subjects mentioned below, which will be 

 weighted as follows : 



Forestry, 60 



Botany, 5 



English (essay on a forestry subject), ... 5 

 Experience, 30 



GENERAL. 



In connection with the Congresses of Physi- 

 ology and of Zoology, to be held in Cambridge 

 next August, it is propossd to confer the honor- 

 ary degree of Doctor of Science on Professor 

 Bowditch, of Harvard ; Dr. Anton Dohrn, of 

 Naples ; M. A. Milne Edwards, of Paris ; Pro- 

 fessor Golgi, of Pavia ; Professor E. Haeckel, of 

 Jena ; Professor Hubrecht, of Utrecht ; Profes- 

 sor Kowalevsky, of St. Petersburg ; Professor , 

 Kronecker, of Berne ; Professor Kiihne, of 

 Heidelberg, and Professor Marey, of Paris. 



Professor K. von Eontgen, of Wurzburg, 

 has been awarded the Elliot-Cresson medal of 

 the Franklin Institute of Philadeljihia. 



Dr. H. Molisch, professor of plant physiol- 

 ogy of the German University of Prague, has 

 returned after a trip around the earth for pur- 

 poses of research, having made special studies 

 in Java. 



Dr. J. Hann, professor of meteorology in the 



University of Gratz, has been made honorary^ 

 member of the Geographical Society of Lima,. 

 Peru. 



Dr. Simon Schwendener, professor of bot- 

 any in Berlin, has been made a knight of the- 

 order pour le merite in science and art. 



The freedom of the city of Edinburgh was 

 conferred on Lord Lister on June 15th. 



We regret to record the death, on June 28th, 

 at Munich, of Dr. George Bauer, associate pro- 

 fessor of paleontology in the University of 

 Chicago. 



Dr. Theodor Eimee, the eminent zoolo- 

 gist, professor in the University of Tubingen, . 

 died on May 30th, aged 30 years. 



The death is also announced of M. Souillard,. 

 professor of astronomy in the University of 

 Lille, and a corresponding member of the Paris 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Me. C. W. a. Hermann, a mineralogist, 

 died in New York on June 21st, at the age of 

 97 years. 



After all public works in New York City 

 had been stopped, under the new city adminis- 

 tration, we are glad to learn that the Board of 

 Estimates and Apportionment has authorized 

 the reissue of $375,000 in bonds for the con- 

 struction of buildings for the Botanical Garden 

 in Bronx Park. Work on the Museum Build- 

 ing is being carried forward, the contract calling- 

 for its completion early next year. 



In addition to the comet discovered photo- 

 graphically by Mr. E. Coddington, of the Lick- 

 Observatory, and observed on June 11th, the 

 light of which is said to be equal to that of a . 

 star of the magnitude of 7.7, Professor Perrine, 

 of the Lick Observatory, discovered a faint 

 comet on June 14th, and Mr. Hussey discov- 

 ered Wolf's periodical comet on June 16th.. 

 The positions have been telegraphed by Profes- 

 sor Keeler, Director of the Lick Observatory, 

 and are published in a special circular of Mr.. 

 Ritchie's Science Observer, issued on June 20th. 



There is nothing in America corresponding 

 to the civil list pension in Great Britain. There 

 have been given during the past three years- 

 twenty-seven pensions under the British gov- 

 ernment, of which the following were in re- 



