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the meteorological council of the existing 

 Parliamentary grant, and as to whether any 

 changes in its apportionment are desirable in 

 the interests of meteorological science, and 

 to make any further recommendations which 

 may occur to them, with a view to increasing 

 the utility of that grant. The committee will 

 consist of the Eight Hon. Sir Herbert E. Max- 

 well Bart., M.P. (chairman), Mr. J. Dewar 

 M.P., Sir W. de W. Abney, KC.B., P.E.S., 

 Sir F. Hopwood, KC.B., Board of Trade, Sir 

 T. H. Elliot, KC.B., Board of Agriculture, 

 Dr. E. T. Glazebrook, F.E.S., Mr. T. L. Heath, 

 Treasury, and Dr. J. Larmor, E.E.S. Mr. G. 

 L. Barstow, of the Treasury, will act as secre- 

 tary to the committee. 



The Medical Society of the District of Co- 

 lumbia held a memorial meeting on December 

 31, in honor of the late Dr. Walter Eeed, 

 Major Surgeon, U.S.A. Addresses were de- 

 livered by Dr. S. S. Adams, president of the 

 society. Medical Director Marmion, U.S.lSr., 

 Surgeon J. E. Kean, U.S.A., Professor A. 

 R A. King, Dr. C. "W. Stiles, General Leonard 

 Wood, U.S.A., and Dr. W. H. Welch, of Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



We recorded last week the death of Dr. 

 Charles C. Bell, professor of chemistry in the 

 Medical School of the University of Min- 

 nesota. Dr. Bell was born at Somerville, 

 Mass., in 1854. He was graduated at Har- 

 vard in the class of '76, and spent several years 

 in the study of chemistry abroad. On his re- 

 turn he was connected with the Johns Hop- 

 kins University and the Pennsylvania State 

 College. He became a professor in the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota thirteen years ago. 



The deaths are announced of Dr. John 

 Young, lately professor of natural history 

 at Glasgow University; of Mr. Henry Stopes, 

 known for his researches in prehistoric archeol- 

 ogy; of Dr. Franz Graeff, professor of miner- 

 alogy at Freiburg i. B. ; of Dr. Johan Lemberg, 

 professor of mineralogy and geology in the 

 University at Dorpat, of Dr. T. Zaaijer, pro- 

 fessor of anatomy and embryology in the Uni- 

 versity of Leiden; and of Dr. Antonio 

 d'Achiardi, professor of mineralogy and geol- 

 ogy at the University of Pisa. 



A COMPETITH'E examination of the New 

 York Civil Service Commission will be held 

 on January 24 for the position of structural 

 engineer in the State Architect's Office at a 

 salary of $2,000. The duties include calcu- 

 lation of strength and stability of structures, 

 including floors, girders, roofs, columns, walls, 

 piers and foundations, design of roof trusses, 

 inspection of foundation soils, design of water 

 supply systems, and require a knowledge of 

 retaining walls, calculation of quantities, 

 modern steel and concrete construction and 

 road building. Subjects of examination and 

 relative weights: Theoretical and practical 

 questions, 6; experience and education, 2. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give 

 the city of Philadelphia $1,500,000 for the 

 erection of thirty branch libraries, on the con- 

 dition that the city provide the sites and 

 $5,000 a year for maintenance for each 

 branch. Mr. Carnegie has also offered to 

 give $100,000 to Camden for a library build- 

 ing. 



Mr. Henry Phipps, of New York City, has 

 given $300,000 for the establishment in Phila- 

 delphia of 'The Henry Phipps Institute for 

 the Study, Treatment and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis.' 



Dr. William B. Graves, of East Orange, 

 N. J., has presented a well-equipped bacterio- 

 logical and pathological laboratory to the 

 Orange Memorial Hospital, to be known as 

 the Graves Laboratory. 



A press dispatch from Cambridge states 

 that notice has been received at the Harvard 

 Astronomical Observatory of a gift of $2,500 

 from the Carnegie Institution. The award 

 is for the year 1903 and the money is to be 

 used toward paying the salaries of experts 

 who are to study the large collection of 

 astronomical photographs which have been 

 made by the observatory. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has signalized his ac- 

 ceptance of the vice-presidency of the Iron and 

 Steel Institute of Great Britain by establish- 

 ing seven student scholarships of an annual 

 value of $500 each for the furtherance of 

 metallurgical research. 



