May II, 1888.] 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



455 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Marine Biological Association. — The Council of the 

 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom have 

 appointed Mr. Gilbert C. Bourne, Fellow of New College, 

 Oxford, to be Secretary of the Association, and Director of 

 the Plymouth laboratory. 



Cambridge. — Mr. H. Marshall Ward, of Christ's College, 

 was appointed an examiner in botany for the Natural Sciences 

 Tripos, the first examination for the degree of M.B., and the 

 special examination in botany for the ordinary B.A. degree. 

 Mr. T. C. Fitzpatrick, B.A., of Christ's College, has been ap- 

 pointed an assistant demonstrator in physics. 



Athens N.a.tional Exhibition. — The Board of Trade 

 have received through the Foreign Office a despatch from 

 Her Majesty's Minister at Athens reporting that the time for 

 receiving applications for admission from intending exhibitors 

 at the Athens National Exhibition, to be held in the month of 

 October next, has been prolonged until the 13th inst. 



The British Association. — The public lecturers for the 

 Bath meeting of the British Association have just been 

 appointed. On Friday, September 7, Professor W. E. Ayrton 

 will lecture on the " Electrical Transmission of Power ; " on 

 Monday, September 10, Professor T. G. Bonney will lecture 

 on the " Foundation Stones of the Earth's Crust ; " and the 

 lecture to the operative classes, on Saturday, September 8, 

 will be by Sir John Lubbock, who has chosen as his subject, 

 "The Habits of Ants." 



Haileybury College. — The following scholarships 

 have been awarded : — Senior Scholarships — Classical side. 

 E. C. Cunningham, ^48 ; F. K. Boyd, C. W. Hensley, and 

 H. G. Rivington, equal, ^33. Modern side — H. W. C. Bow- 

 doin, ^33. Junior Scholarships. — Classical side (under 14 

 years). — W. Outram, A. F. Henderson. Modern side. — M. C. 

 Blandy. Classical side (under 13 years. — B. Fisher. These 

 are of the value of £^0 for three years. R. Couchman, an 

 additional scholarship of ^i^ao, with nomination for two years. 



Royal Agricultural Society-. — We are authorised to 

 announce that Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously 

 pleased to signify her acceptance of the office of President of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England during its forth- 

 coming jubilee year. His Royal Highness the Prince of 

 Wales, to whom the Society is already so greatly beholden, 

 and who has himself served as President on three separate 

 occasions, has intimated to the Council his willingness to 

 undertake, on Her Majesty's behalf, the more immediate 

 duties of the presidential office. The annual country meeting 

 win be held next year, with Her Majesty's gracious permis- 

 sion, in a portion of Windsor Great Park set apart for the 

 purpose. 



Hampshire Field Club. — This Society numbers about 

 170 members, and from the reports of its annual meeting it 

 seems to be in a prosperous condition. For the ensuing 

 session the following papers of a scientific character have 

 been arranged — " God's Field," by Mr. Minns and Mr. Pindar; 

 "Recent Discoveries about the South-East Tower of South- 

 ampton," by Mr. Skeltou; " Fungii ; " "Hampshire Forests 

 and the Geological Circumstances of their Growth," by Dr. 

 Shore ; " Shells,'' by Mr. H. P. Fitzgerald ; a paper giving in 

 a tabulated form the private collections in Hampshire, by Mr. 

 Dale ; and " Hampshire Well Sections," by Mr. M. Whitaker. 



Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society. — We 

 are glad to learn that this Society is in a flourishing con- 

 dition, and that its financial position has improved during 

 the past year. The Society now boasts 120 resident 

 members. The officers and Council elected for the ensuing 

 year are as follows — President, Dr. W. H. Axford ; 

 Vice-Presidents, the Mayor of Portsmouth, Messrs. 

 A. W. Jerrard, J. M. OUis, and B. J. Guillemard ; Council, 

 Messrs. J. H. Ball, H. Percy Boulnois, C. Foran, W. G. P. 

 Gilbert, and A. Howell, Captain Jackson, Messrs. Hugh S. 

 Maclauchlan and H. Moncreaff, Dr. B. H. Mumby, Mr. George 

 Ollis, Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Taylor, and Dr. J. Watson ; 

 Honorarj' Treasurer, Mr. G. Long; Honorary Secretaries, 

 Drs. J. VVard Cousins and A. Conan Doyle. 



DIARY FOR NEXT WEEK. 



Monday, May 14.— Society of Arts, Cantor Lecture, at 7 p.m.— 



Decoration ; by Mr. G. Aitchison. 

 Tuesday, May 15. — Society of Arts, Foreign and Colonial Section, 



at 8 p.m. — Emigration; by Mr. James 



Rankin, M.P. 

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



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

 Parkes Museum, at 8 p.m. — Sanitary Law — 



General Enactments, Public Health Act, 



1875, Model Bye- Laws ; by Dr. Charles 



Kelly, K.R.C.P, 

 Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8 p.m. — 



The Tay Viaduct, Dundee ; by Mr. P. 



Crawford Barlow. Tlie Construction of 



the Tay Viaduct, Dundee; by Mr. W. 



Inglis. 

 Statistical Society, at 7.45 p.m. — Ccndition 



and Occupations of the People cf East 



London and Hackney, 1887 ; by Mr. C. 



Booth. 



Wednesday, May 16. — Society of Arts, at 8 p.m. — Electric Light- 

 ing from Central Stations ; by Mr. R. E, 

 B. Crompton. \ 



Camera Club. — Exctirsion to St. Albans. 



Royal Meteorological Society, at 7 p.m. — 

 Report of the Wind Force Committee 07i 

 Experiments luith Anemometers conducted 

 at Herdran ; by Messis. G. M. Whipple 

 and W. H. Dines. On th; Measurement 

 of the Increase of Humidity in Rooms by 

 the emission of Steam from the so-called 

 Bronchitis Kettle; by Mr. W. Marcet, 

 M.D., F.R.S. 



Jkursday^ May 17. — Camera Club, at 8 p.m. — Infortnal Dis- 

 cussion.. 



Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — The Chemical 

 Arts ; by Professor Dewar. 



Dundee Naturalists' Society, at 8 p.m. — 

 Annual Meeting. 



Edinburgh Architectural Association, at 8 

 p.m. — The ^Esthetics of City Building; by 

 Mr. J. Crabb Watt. 



Chemical Society, at 8 p.m. 



Royal Society at 4.30 p.m. 



Friday, May iS.— Royal United Service Institution, at 3 p.m. — 

 The Naval Defence of the United Ising- 

 dom ; by Rear-Admiial P. H. Colomb- 



Royal Institution, at 9 p.m. — La Repro- 

 duction Artificielle des Roches Volcaniques ; 

 by M. Alphonse Renard. 



Farkes Museum, at 8 p.m. — Metropolitan 

 Acts, Bye-Laws of Metropolitan Board 

 of Works; by Mr. A. Wynter Blyth, 

 M.R.C.S. 



Saturday, May 19. — Royal Institution, at 3 p.m. — The Later 

 Works of Richard Wagner ; by Mr. C. 

 Armbruster. 



Whitehaven Scientific Society. — During the past 

 session ten meetings were held at which papers were read, 

 and they were all of an instructive character. At present 

 the Society numbers 230 members, a slight increase upon 

 the number of last year, and its financial condition 

 is very satisfactory. The Society possesses a library 

 and a museum, and science classes have been formed in 

 connection with it. The following gentlemen were elected 

 officers and committee for the coming year : — President, Dr. 

 Jackson ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. T. Gordon and Mr. G. Scouler : 

 Treasurer, Mr. J. S. Hellon ; Hon. Secretaries, Mr. E. 

 Dobson and Mr. R. Russell ; Auditors, Mr. W. Gowad and 

 Mr. S. Broadbent ; committee, Dr. Ablett, Messrs. B. Taylor, 

 E. Crompton, J. D. Kendall, H. Adair, G. Boyd, and R. B. 

 Gordon. 



