OCTOBEK 11, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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districts be reforested ; that methods be adopted 

 for increasing the birthrate of France, and that 

 a postal service be organized in China under 

 French auspices. 



The biological teachers on the transport 

 Thomas, who went to the Philippine Islands in 

 the latter part of July, organized during the 

 voyage a biological society for the investigation 

 of the fauna and flora of the Islands. Mr. H. 

 H. Kenagy, formerly graduate assistant in zo- 

 ology, University of Nebraska, was chosen as 

 the first president of the organization. 



The British Antarctic exploration ship, Dis- 

 covery, arrived at Cape Town on the 3d inst. 



The committee on the Senn Medal call atten- 

 tion to the following conditions governing the 

 competition for this medal for 1902 : (1) A gold 

 medal of suitable design is to be conferred upon 

 the member of the American Medical Associa- 

 tion who shall present the best essay upon some 

 surgical subject. (2) This medal will be known 

 as the Nicholas Senn Prize Medal. (3) The 

 award will be made under the following condi- 

 tions : (a) The name of the author of each com- 

 peting essay shall be enclosed in a sealed envel- 

 ope bearing a suitable motto or device, the essay 

 itself bearing the same motto or device. The 

 title of the successful essay and the motto or 

 device is to be read at the meeting at which the 

 award is made, and the corresponding envelope 

 to be then and there opened and the name of 

 the successful author announced, (b) All suc- 

 cessful essays become the property of the Asso- 

 ciation, (c) The medal shall be conferred and 

 honorable mention made of the two other es- 

 says considered worthy of distinction, at a gen- 

 eral meeting of the Association, {d) The com- 

 petition is to be confined to those who at the 

 time of entering the competition, as well as at 

 the time of conferring the medal, shall be mem- 

 bers of the American Medical Association, {e) 

 The competition for the medal will be closed 

 three months before the next annual meeting 

 of the American Medical Association, and no 

 essays will be received after March 1, 1902. 

 Communications may be addressed to any mem- 

 ber of the committee, consisting of the follow- 

 ing : Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, 22 Newbury 

 street, Boston, Mass.; Dr. Edward Martin, 415 



South Fifteenth street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. 

 Charles H. Mayo, Rochester, Minn. 



The U. S. Geological Survey has issued a 

 statement concerning the value of the mineral 

 products of the United States from which we 

 take the following : 



Metallic 



products. 

 Nonmetallic 



products. 

 Unspecified. 



Total. 



1880. 



1890. 



$190,039,865 $305,735,670 



173,279,135 312,776,503 

 6,000,000 1,000,000 



$360,319,000 $619,512,173 



1900. 



$552,418,627 



516,690,262 

 1,000,000 



$1,070,108,889 



Last year the value of the mineral products 

 for the first time exceeded a million dollars. 

 During the past nine years the value of the 

 silver mined has not increased, though there 

 has been a considerable increase in the course 

 of the last four years. During the nine years 

 the value of the gold has increased from 33 to 

 39 million dollars ; of pig iron from 128 mil- 

 lion to 129 million ; of copper from 38 million 

 to 98 million, and the value of aluminum has 

 increased thirteenfold. The value of bitumin- 

 ous coal has increased from 117 million to 221 

 million, and the value of petroleum from 30 

 million to 75 million. While in the case of the 

 metals the output has increased approximately 

 in proportion to the value, this is not the case 

 with petroleum. In 1891 the value of crude 

 petroleum was about 56 cents per barrel, 

 whereas in 1890 it was $1.20. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



By the will of the late Susan Cabot Eichard- 

 son, of Milton, Mass., Radcliffe College will 

 ultimately receive nearly $200,000. 



Syracuse University has received an an- 

 onymous gift for the erection of a new build- 

 ing to be called the Hall of Natural History. 



It is said that the proposed Milliken Univer- 

 sity, at Decatur, 111., will be opened next year, 

 with an endowment of over $1,000,000, of 

 which sum Mr. James Milliken has given over 

 $500,000. Professor S. R. Taylor, recently 

 president of the Kansas State Normal School, 

 will be president. The institution is under the 

 charge of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. 



