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DEPARTMENT 18. MEDICAL SCIENCE. 



Inlcnuil Medicine: Allbult, T. Clifford, Cam- 

 bridge. 



Gynecology : Riclielot, Pari.s. 



Otology and Laryngology: Seamon, Sir Felix, 

 M.D., London. 



Therapeutics: Brunton, Sir Lauder, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., London. 



Tropical Medicine: Ross, Major P. W., The 

 University College, Liverpool. 



Pediatrics: Escherisoh, Prof. Theodor, Vienna. 



DEPARTMENT 19. TECHNOLOGY. 



Mechanical Engineering : Riedler, A., Konigliche 

 Technisohe Hoehsehule, Berlin. Unwin, Prof. 

 W. C, Central Technical College, London. 



Chemical Teclmology : Witt, Otto N., Charlot- 

 tenberg Polytechnic Institute, Berlin. 



Agriculture: Lindet, Prof. Charles, Institute 

 National Agronomique, Paris. 



DEPARTMENT 'iO. PRACTICAL ECONOMICS. 



Transportation: Philippovich, Eugen von, The 

 University, Vienna. 



Commerce and Exchange: Stieda, Wilhelm, 

 Leipzig. 



Money and Banking, Credit and Credit System: 

 L6\'y, Prof. Raphael Georges, Paris. 



Industrial Organization: Conrad, . Johannes- 

 Ernst, The University, Halle. 



DEPARTMENT 21. PRACTICAL POLITICS. 



Diplomacy : Casiniir-Perier, Ex-President. 



'National Administration: Bryce, Rt. Hon. 

 James, 54 Portland Place, London. 



Municipal Administration: Nerinck, A., Uni- 

 versity of Louvain. 



DEPARTMENT 83. JURISPRUDENCE. 



International Law: Zorn Philipp, The Univer- 

 sity, Bonn. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, 

 Paris. 



Constitutional Law: Jellineck, Prof. Georg, 

 The University, Heidelberg. 



Criminal Law: Listz, Prof. Franz von, The 

 University, Berlin. Wach, Prof. Adolf, The Uni- 

 versity, Leipzig. 



Private Laio: von Bar, Ludwig, Gottingen. 

 Hilty, Prof. Karl, Berne. 



DEPARTMENT 23. PRACTICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES. 



The Rural Community : Weber, Prof. Max, The 

 University, Heidelberg. 



The JJrhan Community : Wuarin, Prof. Louis, 

 The University, Geneva. 



The Industrial Group: Sombart, Prof. Werner, 

 The University, Breslau. 



The Dependent Group: Miinsterberg, E., Berlin. 

 2'fte Criminal Group: Lombroso, Prof. Cesare, 

 The University of Turin, Italy. 



DEPARTMENT 24. PRACTICAL EDUCATION. 



The School: Sadler, Prof. M. E., London. 



The University: Ziegler, Prof. Theobald, The 

 University, Strassburg. 



The Library: Axon, Ernest, Assistant Librarian, 

 Ref. Library, Manchester. 



DEPARTMENT 25. PRACTICAL RELIGION. 



Influence of Religion on Civilization: Black, 

 Hugh, Edinburgh. 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 

 The tvifenty-second annual meeting of tlie 

 American Society of Naturalists will be held 

 at St. Louis on December 29 and 30, in 

 affiliation with the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, under the presi- 

 dency of Professor William Trelease, of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. Headquarters 

 will be at the Planters Hotel and the meetings 

 will be held at the Central High School. The 

 annual discussion will take place on the after- 

 noon of December 30, on ' What academic de- 

 grees should be given for scientific work?' in 

 which a number of prominent educators and 

 naturalists will take part. The public lecture 

 by President David Starr Jordan, of Stanford 

 University, on ' The Eesources of our Seas,' 

 will be on Tuesday evening in the auditorium 

 of the Central I-Iigh School. The annual 

 dinner and the president's address will be given 

 on Wednesday evening, December 30, at seven 

 o'clock at the Mercantile Club (7th and Locust 

 Sts.). A business meeting for the election of 

 officers will he held at 6 :45. The societies 

 affiliated with the American Society of Nat- 

 uralists which will meet at St. Louis are The 

 Zoologists of the Central States, The Botan- 

 ists of the Central States, The American Psy- 

 chological Association, The American Society 

 of Anthropologists. The general Secretary 

 is Professor G. Ross Harrison, The Johns Hop- 

 kins University, to whom communications 

 should be addressed. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 The following is the list of council and 

 officers of the Royal Society nominated by 



