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Huxley Memiorial Statue. 



The Memorial Statue of the late Professor Huxley has 

 been completed by Mr. Onslow Ford, the sculptor, and has 

 been accepted by the Trustees to be placed in the Hall of 

 the Museum. 



Malaria Inquiry. 



As a result of an Official Circular Note issued by the 

 Colonial Office and the Foreign Office on the subject of the 

 investigation of Malaria, referred to in the last report^ 

 numerous collections of Mosquitoes have been received from 

 tropical countries throughout the world, and are being 

 worked out. 



Mr. E. E. Austen, Assistant in charge of the collection of 

 Dipterous Insects, was granted three months' special leave of 

 absence, to enable him to accept an offer by the Liverpool 

 School of Tropical Diseases to send him out as naturalist to 

 a scientific expedition to Sierra Leone, organised by the 

 School, under the leadership of Major Ronald Ross, for the 

 purpose of investigating the supposed connection between 

 Mosquitoes and Malaria. On his return to duty, Mr. Austen 

 drew up a report on the results of the expedition, from which 

 it would appear that certain species of Anopheles (a family 

 of Mosquitoes) have been proved to be the carriers of the 

 Malaria parasite in West Africa, as well as in India and 

 Italy. During the progress of his work in Sierra Leone, 

 Mr. Austen was able also to make a considerable general 

 collection of zoological specimens, chiefly insects. 



Mr. Austen's report will be printed as a separate publica- 

 tion, for circulation among the various Institutions and 

 Colonial Governments interested in the subject. 



Survey of the Nile. 



The Trustees have agreed to co-operate with ihe Egyptian 

 Government in a scheme for the survey of the Nile, organized 

 by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., with the object of determining 

 the species of fishes inhabiting the waters of that river. The 

 fishes obtained will be sent to the British Museum to be 

 worked out by Mr. Boulenger, on the understanding that a 

 complete set is to be retained for the Museum. 



Exploration of Lake Tanganyika. 



Funds have been obtained from private sources to send out 

 a scientific expedition, under the conduct of Mr. J. E. S. Moore, 

 to Lake Tanganyika, to collect specimens of the aquatic 

 fauna and flora, and to study the geological history of this 

 part of Africa. The specimens obtained are to be placed at 

 the disposal of the Trustees. 



