Ji.VEiJl, 1895.] 



SCIENCE. 



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tenary of the Society, aud awarded alter- 

 nately to a biologist and zoiilogist, was pre- 

 sented to Dr. Ferdinand Colin, professor of 

 botany in Breslau. Last year the medal 

 was awarded to Professor Haeckel, of Jena, 

 in recognition of Ids researches in the science 

 of marine invertebrate zoology. 



The third International Congress of 

 Physiologj' will meet in Berne from Sept. 

 9th to Sept. 13th, 1895. 



According to the Revue Scientifiijue M. 

 Tocchini, the director of the Central Bnrean 

 of Meteorology in Rome, has founded a 

 Seismological Society, having for its object 

 the stud}- of earthquakes aud volcanic phe- 

 nomena, and the publication of short ac- 

 counts of the results obtained and of the 

 apparatus used. 



The Renie Scu'nfifi(jue also reports the 

 formation of an Astronomical Society in 

 Bruxelles, with the object of bringing into 

 closer communication all those interested in 

 astronomy and related sciences. 



Two hundred unprinted letters of Pes- 

 talozzi have been found in Switzerland. 

 They will be published by Seyflarth, whose 

 biography of Pestalozzi has already reached 

 its sixth edition. —N. Y. Evening Post. 



Hexrv Philips, Jr., died in Philadelphia 

 on June 6th, at the age of 57. Mr. Philijis 

 was well known as an arclueologist, numis- 

 matist and philologist. 



The University of Glasgow has received 

 an anonymous gift of £10, 000 for the pur- 

 pose of founding a chair of political economy 

 to be named after Adam Smith, who was 

 once professor in the University. 



The honorary degree of Doctor of Science 

 has been conferred by the University of 

 Cambridge on Dr. John Murray, editor of 

 the ' Challenger ' publications. 



The following recent appointments to as- 

 sistant professorships are announced from 

 Johns Hopkins Univei-sity : Dr. Charles 

 Lane Poor, astromonv: Dr. Sidnev Sher- 



wood, political economy: Dr. Alexander S. 

 Chessin, nmtliematics and mechanics: Dr. 

 John M. ^■incent. history: Dr. Simon Flex- 

 ner. Pathology. Dr. Edward B. Matthews 

 and Herbert G. Geer have been appointed 

 associates in nnneralogy aud mechanical 

 engineering respectively. 



Ax International Horticultural Congress 

 was opened at Paris on May '24th. 



The hufitut of France has opened an 

 international subscription for a moument to 

 Lavoisier, to be erected in Paris. 



Me. Ralph Swixbcrne, said to have been 

 the oldest engineer in the country, died re- 

 cently, aged ninety yeai-s. 



Mr. L. L. Price's paper on ' The Col- 

 leges of Oxford and Agricultural Depres- 

 sion ' contains, according to the Academy. " a 

 detailed analysis of the expenditure of the 

 colleges in IS.s:} and 1893. During this 

 period the amount received bj- the heads 

 (excluding Christ Church) has fallen from 

 £22,811 to £2o,!)05. or by more than 8 per 

 cent.: in some cases, of course, the decrease 

 is much more, while in a few there is an in- 

 crease. The amount received by fellows 

 (apparently including profe-ssor-fellows ) has 

 fallen from i;70,0S0 to £59,715, or by more 

 than 15 per cent. Here, again, there arc 

 wide variations, though onl}- two examples 

 of actual increase. In the case of one col- 

 lege, which shall be nameless, eight fellows 

 in 1893 had only £400 to divide among 

 them. On the other hand, the amount ap- 

 propriated to scholarships and exhibitions 

 has risen during the same period from £44- 

 776 to £48, 37.^, or by nearly 10 percent. In 

 hardly any case is there a decline ; while 

 at the unnamed college referred to above 

 the scholars now receive nearly four times 

 as much as the fellows. The number of 

 scholai-s and exhibitors has risen from 570 

 to 658. while the number of fellows seems 

 to have remained stationary. In addition, 

 the colleges in 1S93 paid over an assess- 



