120 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
The Founder’s (King William IV.) medal, to Lieut. A. Louis Palander, in 
recognition of the services rendered by him to geography, as commander of the 
Vega in the late Swedish Arctic expedition, during which he safely navigated 
the vessel along the unsurveyed shore of the Asiatic continent for nearly 3,000 
miles. The Patron’s, or Victoria medal, to Mr Ernest ‘Gills, for leading four 
great expeditions through the interior of Western Australia in the years 1872-6, 
during which 6,000 miles of routes were surveyed, and 20,000 square miles of 
new country discovered. 
PUBLIC SCHOOL PRIZE MEDALS. 
The medals for geographical proficiency annually offered by the Royal Geo- 
graphical Society to the leading public schools have this year been awarded as 
follows: 
Physical geography gold medal, to David Bowie (Dulwich College). Silver 
medal to Albert Lewis Humphries (Liverpool College). _Honorably Mentioned, 
G. I. Schorstein (City of London School,) S. Edkins, (City of London School), 
P. J. Hartey, (University College School), H. McMasters (Liverpool College), 
R. G. Reid, (Dulwich College). 
Political geography, gold medal, Frederick James Naylor (Dulwich College). 
Silver medal, Theodore Brooks, (London International College). Honorably 
Mentioned, C. F. Knaus, (Dulwich College), C. E. Mallett, (Harrow School), 
W. H. D. Boyle (Eaton College), A. D. Rigby (Liverpool College), M. G. 
Grant (Liverpool College), C. J. Casher (Brighton College). The special sub- 
ject this year was Western Africa, between the Sahara, the territory of Egypt, 
and the 6th parallel of south latitude. The examiners were, for Physical Geog- 
raphy, Commander V. L. Cameron, R. N.; for Political Geography, Admiral 
Sir Erasmus Ommanney, C. B., F. R. S. The éxaminations were held on the 
15th of March. 
ITALIAN EXPLORERS IN AFRICA. 
Dr. P. Matteucci, who has not long returned from Abyssinia, has already, 
as we learn from Cora’s ‘ Casinos,’ started on a third expedition into Africa, 
with the object of exploring the little known State of Wadai, our present knowl- 
edge of which depends almost wholly on the information collected by Dr. Nach- 
tigal. Dr. Matteucci is accompanied by Don Giovanni Borghese, son of Prince 
Borghese, at whose cost mainly the expedition has been fitted out, and Lieuten- 
ant A. Massari, as scientific coadjutors The travelers visited Cairo in Febru- 
ary last and were furnished with copies of the surveys executed by Egyptian 
staff officers in Darfur, and on the part of the Khedive with letters of recom- 
mendation to the Sultan of Wadai. The routes to be taken by the expedition is 
via Suakin, Berber, and Kharturn; and they started from Sully on the 24th of 
