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and duration of life for which they had a right to 

 hope. He showed the effect of hygienic measures 

 upon certain well known diseases, and with re- 

 gard to vaccination he said the evidence seemed 

 to show that there could be no doubt as to its 

 value. As to the methods by which every 

 individual was to be vaccinated or revaccinated, 

 that was a subject for the State to determine. 

 That the Acts in existence up to the present 

 time were inadequate to this end was plainly 

 shown by the fact that large and increasing 

 numbers of the population were known to be 

 unvacciuated, despite the compulsory character 

 of the Acts. The most recent Vaccination Act, 

 whatever might be its advantages, was cer- 

 tainly defective in this — that it made no pro- 

 vision for revaccination, the necessity for which 

 was universally admitted by the medical pro- 

 fession, whilst it was very doubtful whether the 

 modification of the compulsory clauses would 

 have the effect, as it was hoped, of extending 

 vaccination. The scope and aim of sanitary 

 science in its preventive aspects should not 

 be limited to the consideration of zymotic 

 and other acute diseases, but should extend 

 to the results of abnormal social conditions 

 arising out of the strain and struggle for 

 existence, involving over-competition in vari- 

 ous occupations bj' which life was supported 

 or wealth and distinction acquired, and under 

 the pressure of which so many lost their health 

 or even succumbed. He quoted from the 

 Registrar- General's returns to show the in- 

 fluence exerted on vital statistics by sanitary 

 science. He dwelt at some length upon the 

 beneficial results of sanitary work in India, and 

 concluded by saying that evidently a great 

 future was before preventive medicine, and 

 they might confidently look to the eminent men 

 of science who were now pursuing with such 

 indefatigable zeal their researches into the mys- 

 teries of bacteriology for its fulfillment. But 

 those who admired and appreciated their work 

 the most and looked forward hopefully to its 

 results were anxious that progress should not 

 be retarded by hasty deduction and premature 

 generalization, which might only end in disap- 

 pointment, however great might be the im- 

 portance of the study of bacteriology aad the 

 various conclusions resulting from it. 



UNIVERSITY AND ED UCA TIONAL NE WS. 

 By the will of the late Dr. Albert S. Hunt 

 the sum of $30,000 was bequeathed to the Wes- 

 leyan Library as a permanent endowment fund. 

 The University received also Dr. Hunt's own 

 library of 5,000 volumes. Dr. Hunt was grad- 

 uated from Wesleyan University in 1851. 



Mr. W. C. Macdonald has given a further 

 sum of over $25,000 to the electrical depart- 

 ment of McGill University, Montreal. 



Trinity College received a donation of 

 $10,000 by the will of the late Nathan Warren, 

 of New York. 



At the annual meeting of the Governors of 

 University College, Liverpool, on October 15th, 

 the Earl of Derby, President of the College, 

 stated that the most pressing needs of the insti- 

 tution were a building for the department of 

 physics and one for the department of human 

 anatomy. The latter would cost about £20,000, 

 and towards this sum the Earl of Derby sub- 

 scribed at the time £5,000 on condition that the 

 balance be collected. Mr. Ealph Brocklebank 

 subscribed £2,000. 



President Schurman has presented his sixth 

 annual report to the Board of Trustees of Cor- 

 nell University. Reference is made to three 

 important benefactions that we have already 

 recorded ; the gift of an infirmary, richly en- 

 dowed ; the establishment of a New York State 

 College of Forestry, supported by the State and 

 administered by the University ; and the foun- 

 dation of the Cornell Medical College, in New 

 York Citj% The following figures are given 

 concerning the financial aflfairs of the Univer- 

 sity : 



Value of buildings and grounds. ...^1,796,372 86 



Equipment of departments 1,135,308 12 



Invested funds 6,446,818 21 



Total property 9,378,499 19 



Eeceipts from tuition 121,205 83 



Total income 583,050 73 



Total expenses 570,586 36 



Salaries 286,185 72 



The number of regularly enrolled students 

 was 1,835. 



The registration in the various departments 

 of the University of Michigan, on October 25th, 

 is indicated in the following table. The cor- 



