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operations from the inception of the plans and 

 the beginning of the field work to the publica- 

 tion of the results, an arrangement which, doubt- 

 less, will be conducive to eflScient cooperation 

 of the field and office and to prompt publication 

 of results. Mr. Hayford has had eight years' 

 experience with the Survey both in field ser- 

 vice and ofBce work, and has, therefore, re- 

 ceived excellent preparation for his present 

 position. 



Invitations have now been sent for the me- 

 morial meeting in honor of the late Dr. Daniel 

 Garrison Brinton, to be held in the hall of the 

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadel- 

 phia, on Tuesday evening, January 16th. The 

 American Philosophical Society issues the invi- 

 tations on the part of 



The University of Pennsylvania, The Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, The Numismatic and Antiquarian 

 Society, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The 

 Geographical Society of Philadelpliia, The Oriental 

 Club of Philadelphia, Jefferson Medical College, The 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 The Smithsonian Institution, The Bureau of Amer- 

 ican Ethnology, The United States National Museum, 

 The Anthropological Society of Washington, Tlie 

 American Folk-lore Society, The American Anti- 

 quarian Society, The New Jersey Historical Society, 

 The New York Historical Society, The American 

 Oriental Society, The Wyoming Historical and Geo- 

 logical Society, The Chester County Historical So- 

 ciety, Tlie American Museum of Natural History, The 

 Field Columbian Museum, The Peabodj- Museum of 

 American Arcbfeology and Ethnology, The Peabody 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, The Loyal Legion. 



The statue of Lavoisier, to bs erected in 

 Paris, will probably be unveiled in July of this 

 year. The international subscription amounted 

 to 98,000 francs. 



Sir Richard Thorne Thorne, K.C.B., 

 F.R.S., principal medical ofiBcer to the Local 

 Government Board of England, and distin- 

 guished for his labors on behalf of public health, 

 has died at the age of 58 years. 



President MoKinley has designated the 

 following oflBcials to represent the United 

 States Government at the International Medical 

 Congress, which meets in Paris, in connection 

 with the Exposition, August 2d, next, and to 

 the congress of hygiene and demography, 

 which assembles at the same place, August 10th: 



For the army Surgeon General Sternberg and 

 Surgeon LaGarde ; for the navy. Surgeon Gen- 

 eral Van Reypen ; for the marine hospital ser- 

 vice. Surgeon General Wyman and Passed As- 

 sistant Surgeon Rosenau. 



Me. Frank Leney, of the Geological Depart- 

 ment of the British Museum, has been appointed 

 assistant curator of the Norwich Museum. 



Dr. Labourand has been appointed director 

 of a laboratory newly established by the Munici- 

 pal Council of Paris, his chief duties being to 

 make inspections of the city schools with a view 

 to diseases of the skin. 



The position of chemist, New York State 

 Board of Health, will be filled on or about 

 January 27th. The examination will consist 

 entirely of practical questions relating to analy- 

 sis of food products and questions relating to 

 experience and training of the candidates. 



At a meeting of the American Ethnological 

 Society, held December 19th, at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, the following 

 oflBoers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Mr. Morris K. Jesup ; First Vice-Presi- 

 dent, General Grant Wilson ; Second Vice-President, 

 Professor Franz Boas ; Recording Secretary, Livings- 

 ton Farrand ; Corresponding Secretary, Marshall H. 

 Saville ; Treasurer, Mr. Frederick Hyde, Jr. 



The Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science is holding its annual meeting 

 this week at Melbourne, under the presidency 

 ofMr. R. L. J. Ellery. 



The eighth International Geological Congress 

 will be held in Paris from August 16th to 26th. 

 The sessions will be divided into four sections, 

 as follows : (1) General and technical geology ; 

 (2) stratigraphy and paleontology ; (3) miner- 

 alogy and petrography ; (4) economic geology 

 and hydrography. 



The New York State Museum has recently 

 acquired from Mr. C. J. Sarle an interesting 

 collection of several hundred specimens repre- 

 senting a new crustacean fauna from dark shales 

 at the base of the Salina beds of western New 

 York. These contain numerous species of the 

 merostoms Eurypterus Plerygotus and other 

 genera, which have not before been observed. 



The German Imperial Government will con- 

 tribute an annual subsidy of $5,000 toward the 



