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zoologists. Dr. Wardell Stiles, of Wash- 

 ington, announced that the Committee on 

 Zoological Nomenclature, which had been 

 appointed at Leyden, had drawn up a re- 

 port. The Committee were not unanimous, 

 and he thought it would save much time if 

 the subject were not discussed at the present 

 Congress. After the circulation of the 

 Committee's proposals a more profitable 

 discussion could be hoped for at the next 

 Congress. Dr. Sclater, as senior member of 

 the Committee, proposed that the report be 

 referred back for further consideration to 

 the Committee, with powers to add to their 

 number. He thought this step necessary, 

 as the last committee were not unanimous 

 in their conclusions. The Committee had 

 been too small. It consisted of six mem- 

 bers, one from each of the leading nation- 

 alites, of which never more than four had 

 met. He thought the Committee should 

 consist of at least two representatives of 

 each nationality. Dr. Sclater's motion was 

 carried unanimously. 



Numerous entertainments were prom- 

 ised, including a reception at the Cam- 

 bridge Guildhall, a reception by the Master 

 of Downing College and Mrs. Hill, and 

 a concluding banquet at which speeches 

 were made by Professors Mobius, Waldeyer, 

 Blanchard, Milne-Edwards, Marsh, Osborn 

 and Hubrecht. 



Before adjournment Professor Mobius, 

 the senior member of the German delega- 

 tion, extended a formal invitation to the 

 Congress to meet in Germany three years 

 hence. 



THIED INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AP- 

 PLIED CHEMISTRY, VIENNA, 189S. 



The sessions of this Congress, extending 

 through a week's time, were opened on 

 July the 28th bj' a public reception held in 

 the Aula of the University of Vienna, 

 Austria. 



The opening address was delivered by the 

 President of the Committee on Organization, 

 Professor Dr. von Perger, who took occasion 

 in his remarks to refer to the importance, to 

 the aims and the objects of Applied Chem- 

 istry. 



Among the speakers who followed von 

 Perger in addressing the assemblage were 

 Professor A. Bauer; Director F. Stroh- 

 mer. Secretary- General of the Congress ; 

 Dr. C. Lueger, burgomaster of Vienna, and 

 Dr. Lieben, representing the Imperial Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. 



The Austrian Ministers of State were ap- 

 pointed Honorary Presidents, and some of 

 the delegates of foreign countries were hon- 

 ored by their election to the ofl&ce of Hon- 

 orary Vice-Presidents of the Congress. 



After the motion made by C. Huck, 

 Halle a. S., that the Committee of 

 Organization be continued in office, had 

 been unanimously adopted. Professor E. 

 Buchner, Tiibingen, delivered a most in- 

 teresting lecture : Fermentation without 

 Yeast-cells. 



His exposition, freely illustrated with ex- 

 periments, was followed by all present with 

 the closest attention ; all discussion of the 

 subject was, however, deferred to a later 

 and more opportune occasion. 



This ended the morning's doings. In the 

 afternoon organization of the various sec- 

 tions was speedily eifected, and thereafter 

 most of these held sessions both mornings 

 and afternoons during continuance of the 

 Congress. 



These gatherings of the members were 

 most truly international in their make-up. 

 Predominating in number in most of them 

 were naturally the Austrians, the courteous 

 hosts of the occasion. 



To select, at hap-hazard, but a few of 

 the many who took an active part* in 

 the proceedings : Strohmer, Wolfbauer, 

 Kutschera, Ludwig, Jolles, Stift, Heger, 

 Murmann, Strache, Teclu, Seidel, Werber 



