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the grounds in the neighborhood of Plymouth, 

 including important fishing grounds, with refer- 

 ence to the nature of the sea bottom at each 

 locality, and the whole assemblage of animals 

 found there. Detailed charts are being pre- 

 pared to exhibit the variations which take place 

 from point to point. No attempt has previously 

 been made to study fishing grounds with such 

 thoroughness, having regard not only to the 

 fishes, but to the whole collection of animal 

 life which forms the basis of the food upon 

 which the fishes exist. The investigation, which 

 has involved a large amount of dredging and 

 trawling, as well as the identification of the 

 numerous species captured, has been carried 

 out by Mr. E. J. Allen, the Director of the 

 Plymouth Laboratoi'y. 



GENERAL. 



The remains of Pasteur were removed, on 

 December 26th, from the Cathedral of Notre 

 Dame to the Pasteur Institute, where the 

 cortege was met by members of the Academy, 

 representatives of the government and delegates 

 from learned societies and foreign countries. 

 Speeches were made by M. Eambaud, M. 

 Bodin ; Sir John Evans, representing the British 

 Association ; Sir Dyce Duckworth, represent- 

 ing the Royal College of Physicians, and others. 

 A mausoleum, to be decorated with designs il- 

 lustrating Pasteur's contributions to science and 

 industry, has been built at the Institute. 



Dr. Theodore G. Wormley, since 1877 pro- 

 fessor of chemistry and toxicology in the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania and the avithor of im- 

 portant contributions to these sciences, died at 

 Philadelphia on January 3d, aged seventy years. 



The death is announced, in his eightieth year, 

 of Mr. Horatio Hale, of Clinton, Ontario, well 

 known for his contributions to our knowledge 

 of the languages and customs of the North 

 American Indians. 



Dr. F. Buka, professor of geometry in the 

 University of Berlin, died on December 4th, at 

 the age of forty-five years. 



Mr. Edward Falkener, the English archae- 

 ologist, died on December 17th, in his eighty- 

 third year. 



Sir Henry Mance has been elected Presi- 



dent of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 

 London. 



M. LlARD, the head of the University De- 

 partment of the French Ministry of Education, 

 has been elected a member of the Academy of 

 Moral Sciences in the place of the late M. Jules 

 Simon. 



The tercentenary of the birth of Descartes 

 has been celebrated at Tours by the local 

 archaeological society, two addresses being 

 delivered and verses composed by M. Sully 

 Prudhomme being recited. A pilgrimage has 

 also been made to the house at La Haye in 

 which Descartes was born. 



The jubilee of the entrance into professional 

 life of Dr. Roussel, of Paris, has been celebrated 

 at the Sorbonne. Mr. Barthou, Minister of the 

 Interior, presented him with a gold medal, and 

 his bust was unveiled. In 1874 Dr. Koussel, 

 who has been a Deputy and is now a Senator, 

 carried a bill for the protection of infants placed 

 out at nurse. This measure checked the abuses 

 of baby farming. Dr. Eoussel has also effected 

 legislation against drunkenness, for the protec- 

 tion of foundlings, and for gratuitous medical 

 aid for the poor. 



Mr. Frederick Ives gave a lecture, on De- 

 cember 16th, at the Fine Arts Societies Galleries 

 in London, on his method of photography in 

 natural colors, and exhibited photographs so 

 taken. 



At the annual business meeting of the Geo- 

 logical Society of Washington, held December 

 23, 1896, officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected as follows: President, Arnold Hague; 

 Vice-Presidents, J. S. Diller and Whitman 

 Cross (re-elected); Treasurer, M. R. Campbell; 

 Secretaries, C. Willard Hayes and T. W. Stan- 

 ton (re-elected) ; Members-at- Large of Council, 

 S. F. Emmons, G. K. Gilbert, R. T. Hill, G. P. 

 Merrill and Chas. D. Walcott. Mr. Walcott 

 subsequently tendered his resignation from the 

 Council, leaving a vacancy. 



The American Economic Association held a 

 successful meeting at Baltimore, ending De- 

 cember 31st. The following oflBcers were 

 elected: President, Henry C. Adams, Ph. D., 

 Michigan; Vice-Presidents, Franklin H. Gid- 

 dings, M. A., Columbia, E. R. L. Gould, Ph D., 



