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engineer in the U. S. Geological Survey at a 

 salary of $300 a month. The results will de- 

 pend on experience and previous work, it not 

 being necessary for applicants to appear at 

 any place for examination. There were no 

 applications for this position when the ex- 

 amination was announced on July 1. 



The Department of Commerce and Labor 

 was formally organized on July 1. In addi- 

 tion to the Bureaus of Corporations and Man- 

 ufactures created by the new law, it embraces 

 the Census Bureau, formerly under control of 

 the Interior Department; the Lighthouse Es- 

 tablishment, Steamboat Inspection Service, 

 Bureau of Navigation, United States Shipping 

 Commissioners, National Bureau of Stand- 

 ards, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of 

 Immigration and Bureau of Statistics from 

 the Treasury Department, the Bureau of 

 Labor, Fish Commission, and the Bureau of 

 Foreign Commerce, the last being transferred 

 from the State Department. 



Efforts are being made towards the organ- 

 ization of a society for horticultural science, 

 which would meet in connection with some 

 kindred society, such as the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science or 

 the American Pomological Society. If there 

 is sufficient interest in the plan the first meet- 

 ing will be held in conjunction with that of 

 the American Pomological Society at Boston 

 on September 10 to 12. Evirther information 

 may be obtained from Mr. S. A. Beach, New 

 York Agricultural Experimental Station, 

 Station, Geneva, N. T. 



The American Forestry Association will 

 hold its summer meeting at Minneapolis on 

 August 25 and 26. 



The Eoyal Institute of Public Health will 

 hold a congress at University College, Liver- 

 pool, from July 15 to 21, under the presidency 

 of the Earl of Derby. 



The International Congress of Applied 

 Chemistry has adjourned to meet in Eome 

 in 1906. 



The National Geographic Magazine states 

 that at a conference of representatives from 

 the several geographic societies in the United 



States, held Saturday, June 20, 1903, in the 

 American Geographical Society Building, 15 

 West Eighty-first Street, New York city, to 

 arrange for the meeting of the Eighth Inter- 

 national Geographic Congress, to be held 

 in this country in 1904, the organization of 

 the committee of arrangements was perfected 

 by the election of Professor W J McGee, of 

 the National Geographic Society, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, chairman, and Dr. J. H. McCor- 

 mick, secretary. It was formally voted to 

 hold the congress in Washington in Septem- 

 ber, 1904, adjourning to St. Louis, Missouri, 

 to meet in connection with the International 

 Congress of Arts and Sciences. In addition 

 to the formal sessions of the Congress in 

 Washington, it is planned to hold informal 

 sessions or social meetings in other cities. 

 After the final session in St. Louis, a trip is 

 planned to the City of Mexico, the Grand 

 Canyon, Yosemite Valley, Yellowstone Park, 

 and other points of interest to the members 

 of the congress. The following subcommit- 

 tees were appointed : Program, Mr. C. C. 

 Adams, of the American Geographical So- 

 ciety; Exhibits, Mr. Henry G. Bryant, of the 

 Geographical Society of Philadelphia; Invita- 

 tions, Mr. A. L. Eotch, of the Appalachian 

 Mountain Club; Transportation, Dr. G. B. 

 Shattuck, of the Geographic Society of Balti- 

 more; Finance, Messrs. C. J. Bell, David T. 

 Day and John Joy Edson. The appointment 

 of other committees was deferred till the next 

 meeting of the committee of arrangements. 

 A formal prospectus will be issued in a few 

 days. 



The Australasian Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science will meet at Dunedin, 

 New Zealand, in January next under the 

 presidency of Professor T. W. E. David, of 

 the University of Sydney, Captain F. W. 

 Hutton, F.E.S., Canterbury Museum, Christ- 

 church, being the retiring president. The 

 sections and their presidents are: A — astron- 

 omy, mathematics, ishysics and mechanics. 

 Professor W. H. Bragg; B — chemistry, Mr. 

 J. Brownlie Henderson; C — geology and min- 

 eralogy, Mr. W. H. Twelvetrees; D — biology. 

 Colonel W. V. Legge; E — geography. Pro- 



