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retire from his chair in the Ecole Polytechnique, 

 owiug to his sympathy with the protests against 

 the scandals in the French army and courts. 

 M. Grimaux was elected President of the 

 French Association for the Advancement of 

 Science two years ago, but when he attempted 

 to deliver his address at Nantes he was in- 

 terrupted by noisy demonstrations, counte- 

 nanced apparently by the mayor, to' such an 

 extent that he was unable to proceed. The 

 address was subsequently delivered in a school- 

 house, from which the public was excluded, and 

 M. Grimaux did not even venture to preside at 

 the closing meeting of the Association. 



The screw schooner Godthaah left Copen- 

 hagen on August 16th for Angmagsalik, in East 

 Greenland, with an expedition under First 

 Naval Lieutenant Amdrup. The expedition, 

 which has been fitted out by a scientific insti- 

 tute at a cost of 150,000 kroner, is provisioned 

 for two years. Its object is to explore the east 

 coast of Greenland between the 66th and 70th 

 degree north latitude, with Angmagsalik as its 

 starling point. 



The steam whaler Fridtjof, having on board 

 Mr. Walter Wellman and the members of the 

 expedition to Greenland, has returned to Nor- 

 way after landing an expedition at Cape Teget- 

 hoff, on the southern part of Hall's Island. 

 While the Wellman party were returning they 

 met the expedition to Franz Josef Land under 

 Dr. A. G. Nothorst at Koenigskar Island, and 

 were informed that all search for Andrea had 

 proved futile. 



A NEW photographic telescope for the Cam- 

 bridge Observatory is now finished at the works 

 of Sir Howard Grubb. As the buildings are 

 also finished, it is expected that the telescope 

 will soon be in use. 



A GRANT of £250 was made by the British 

 government from the Koyal Bounty Fund to- 

 ward the expenses of the International Con- 

 gress of Zoology. 



It appears from a recently-issued Blue Book 

 that the visitors to the Natural History Mu- 

 seum, in London, in 1897, numbered 422,607, as 

 against 453,956 in 1886. The attendance on 

 Sundays was well maintained, nearly 50,000 

 persons having, in the course of the year, availed 



themselves of the privilege afforded them. The 

 average daily attendance for the year was : 

 For all open days (including Sundays), 1,167; 

 for week-days only, 1,203 ; and for Sundays, 

 when the Museum is open only during part of 

 the day, 956. 



In the course of last year 26,029 volumes 

 and pamphlets (including 124 atlases and 1,355 

 books of music) were added to the library of 

 the British Museum, of which 5,962 were pre- 

 sented, 12,175 were received in pursuance of 

 the laws of English copyright, 718 by colonial 

 copyright, 480 by international exchange, and 

 7,594 acquired by purchase. 



The Southern Cross, fitted out by Sir George 

 Newnes for Antarctic exploration under Mr. 

 Borcbgrevink, has left London for Hobart Town. 

 The expedition, which is well equipped for 

 scientific work, is expected to return in 1900. 



The steamship Hope arrived at St. Johns, N. 

 F., on August 27th. It is reported that after 

 leaving Sydney, C. B., the first landing was at 

 Cape York, where Esquimaux could not be 

 found. The expedition then sailed for Snow 

 Pocket Bay, but here, again, they were disap- 

 pointed. They then proceeded to Saunders 

 Island, finding the natives there in poor con- 

 dition. The Hope took on board a number of 

 Esquimaux and sailed for Whale Sound, but 

 owing to the heavy ice pack was unable to get 

 in. She came out without serious injury. The 

 party then decided to return to Saunders Is- 

 land and spent a fortnight there. Then the 

 Hope proceeded for Foulkefiord, meeting the 

 Windward on the way. The latter is said to be 

 a poor ship for this work, being unable to steam 

 to any advantage. At Foulkefiord the Hope 

 parted with Lieutenant Peary and sailed south 

 on the 13th ult. , the Windward leaving at the 

 same time for Sheard Osborne Fiord, where 

 Lieutenant Peary will make his headquarters 

 during the winter. 



It will be remembered that at the time of the 

 celebration of the centenary of the discovery of 

 vaccination in 1896 it was decided to erect 

 some permanent memorial to Jenner in Great 

 Britain. The name of the British Institute of 

 Preventive Medicine has been changed to the 

 Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine, and it 



