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ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. — The 

 spring session of this college concluded on April iSth, when 

 the Principal, the Rev, J. B. M'Clellan, distributed the 

 diplomas, etc, in the college hall. Excellent reports of 

 the work of the term were given by the Principal and 

 Professors M'Cracken (agriculture), Kisch (chemistry), 

 Anderson (estate management). Ohm (physics), Paton (book- 

 keeping, engineering, and surveying), Harker (natural his- 

 tory). Almond (veterinary surgery), and Barfield (drawing), 

 Mr. Goddard obtained the highest number of marks on re- 

 cord at the Royal Agricultural College. The external exa- 

 miners for the diploma were, in practical agriculture, Mr, 

 Thomas Lathom, of Abingdon, Berks, and Mr, Thomas Nut- 

 tall, of Beeby Manor, Leicester ; and in agricultural chemis- 

 try, Dr. J, Voelcker, London, The diploma of membership 

 was gained by Alexander Goddard, Knighton Spinneys- 

 Leicester, and A. Turner Bellingham, Gwydir-gardens, Swan 

 sea. The Ducie gold medal fell to A. Goddard, and the 

 scholarships to Montague Kelway Bamber, Altons, Rusper, 

 Sussex, and James Muir, jun., Staunton Harold, Brank- 

 some-park, Bournemouth (equal) ; and to George German, 

 Huntingdon House, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, John Norman 

 Heathcote, 44, Seymour-street, London, W., and Syad 

 Mohammad Hadi, Oude, India (equal), 



Royal Geographical Society. — At the meeting of the 

 council of this Society, held on April 23rd, the awards 

 for the year were settled. The Founders' medal has been 

 given to Mr. Clement R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., on his re- 

 tirement from the honorary secretaryship of the Society, 

 after twenty-five years' service, and in acknowledgment of 

 the valuable services rendered by him to the Society during 

 that period. Every one connected with the Society and 

 every one interested in the progress of geography will 

 learn of Mr. Markham's resignation of his office with 

 real regret. It is impossible to over-estimate the value of 

 Mr. Markham's services to the Royal Geographical Society 

 and to geography generally in this country. As Mr. Mark- 

 ham is still vigorous and energetic, there is no reason why 

 these services should not be continued. The medal is 

 awarded also for his numerous and important contributions 

 to geographical literature during the last thirty-five years, 

 and in recognition of his merits as an active explorer in the 

 Eastern Andes in 1853 ; and again in i860, when he was 

 engaged in relation to the propagation of cinchona trees ; 

 and in Abyssinia in 1866-7, when acting as geographer to 

 the expedition in that country. The eminent services ren- 

 dered by Mr. Markham to the Hakluyt Society should also not 

 be forgotten. The Royal medal has been awarded to the Ger- 

 man explorer, Lieutenant Wissmann, in recognition of his 

 great achievements as an explorer in Central Africa, which 

 he has twice crossed from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, 

 and especially for the arduous and adventurous journey in 

 which he traced the course of the river Kassai, from its 

 upper waters to its previously unknown confluence with the 

 Congo, The Murchison grant has been awarded to Mr 

 James M'Carthy, Superintendent of Surveys in Siam, for 

 his excellent map of Siam, and the great value of his survey 

 work generally in that country, The Gill premium is 

 awarded to Mr. Charles M. Doughty, whose great work in 

 Arabia was noticed in The Times the other day. The 

 Accumulated Cuthbert Peak grant is given to Major Festing 

 for his services as cartographer on the Gambia river and 

 the country in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. As 

 Honorary Corresponding Members have been selected Dr. 

 G. Radde, of Tiflis ; Dr. H. Rink, of Copenhagen ; and Dr. 

 Rein, Professor of Geography at Bonn. 



The Society of Antiquaries of London. — At the meet- 

 ing on April 23rd the following gentlemen were elected as 



officers and council for the ensuing year : — President, John j 



Evans, Esq., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Augus- j 



tus Wollaston Franks, Esq., M.A„ F.R.S., Charles Drury | 



Edward Fortnum, Esq,, D.L., J, P., James Ludovic Lindsay, I 



Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, LL.D,, F.R.S, ; Treasurer, 

 Charles Spencer Perceval, Esq., LL.D. ; Council, Henry 

 Sainsbury Milman, Esq,, M,A. (Director), the Hon. Harold 

 Dillon (Secretary), Edward William Brabrook, Esq,, James 

 Hilton, Esq., Frederick George Hilton Price, Esq., Henry 

 Reeve, Esq., C.B., D.C.L., Somers Clarke, Esq,, the Very 

 Rev. Arthur Perceval Purey Cust, D,D., Dean of York, Edwin 

 Freshfield, Esq., LL.D., D.L., Professor Percy Gardner, 

 D.Litt., William John Hardy, Esq., Stanley Leighton, Esq., 

 M.A., M.P., Charles Trice Martin, Esq., B.A., Henry George 

 Early Percy, Lieut.-Gen. Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt 

 Rivers, F.R.S., Edward Maunde Thompson, Esq. 



The Royal Society. — The following fifteen candidates 

 were selected yesterday by the Council of the Royal Society 

 to be recommended for election into the Society. The ballot 

 will take place on the 7th of June at 4 p.m. — Mr. T. Andrews, 

 Mr. J. T. Bottomley, Mr. C. V. Boys, Professor A. H. Church, 

 Professor A. G. Greenhill, Sir W. F. D. Jervois. Professor C. 

 Lap worth. Professor T. J. Parker, Professor J. H. Poynting, 

 Professor W. Ramsay, Mr. T. P. Teale, Mr. W. Topley, Mr. 

 H. Trimen, Professor H. M. Ward, and Mr. W. H. White. 



Royal Commi.ssion on University Education in 

 London. — The British Medical Journal understands that 

 Lord Selborne, who, as Sir Roundell Palmer, was for many 

 years one of the standing Council for the Royal College of 

 Physicians will be Chairman of this commission. The com- 

 mission will consist of seven members, and will not include 

 any member of the medical profession. 



DIARY FOR NEXT WEEK. 



Monday, May 7. — Aristotelian Society Symposium, at 8 p.m. — 

 What is the Distinction between Desire and 

 Will? Professor Bain, Mr. ^^ . R. Sorley, 

 Mr. J. S. Man, 



Bradford Naturalists' Society, at 7.30 p.m. — 

 Fossil Mollusca ; Mr. J. A. Hargreaves. 



Victoria Institute, at 8 p.m. — The Names 

 on the List of Thotlimes III. assignable to 

 Judiea ; Professor M. Maspero. 



Royal Institution,at 5 p.m. — General Monthly 



Society of Engineers, at 7.30 p.m. — Filtra- 

 tion by Macliinery ; by Mr. Edward 

 Perrett. 



Society of Chemical Industry. — Standard of 

 Light ; by Mr. W. J. Dibdin. 



Society of Arts, Cantor Lecture, at 8 p.m. — 

 Decoration ; by Mr. G. Aitchison. 

 Tuesday, May 8. — Royal Colonial Institute, at 8 ■p.m.— TheNew 

 Industrial Era in India ; by Sir William 

 Wilson Hunter, LL.D. 



Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — The Plant in 

 the War of Nature ; by Mr. W. Gardiner. 



Parkes Museum, at 8 p.m. — General 

 Powers and Duties of Inspectorof Nuisances, 

 Metliod of Inspection; by Mr. J. F. J. 

 Sykes, B.Sc, (Pub. Health) M.B. 



Society of Arts (Applied Art Section) at 7 

 p.m. — Hie Decorative Use of Colour ; by 

 Mr. J. D. Grace. 



The Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8 

 p.m. — T/ie Distribution of Hydraulic 

 Power in London ; by Mr. E. B. Elling- 

 ton, M. Inst. C.E. The Tay Viaduct, 

 Dundee ; by Mr. Crawford Barlow, 

 M. Inst. C.E. The Construction of the 

 Tay Viaduct, Dundee ; by Mr. W. Inglis, 

 Assoc. M. Irst. C.E. 

 Wedntsday, May 9.— Iron and Steel Institute, at 10.30 a.m.— 0« 

 tiie Mutual Action of Sulphur and Silicon 

 in Iron at High Temperatures ; by Mr. T. 

 Turner, Mason College, Birmingham. 

 On the Use of Water Gas for Metallur- 

 gical Purposes ; by Mr. A. Wilson, Staf- 

 ford. On an imperfection in Mild Steel 

 Plates considered Cliemically ; by Mr. H. 



