Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Thitd-—Grand Honorary Prize. The Council of the Society may 
award the sum of five hundred dollars for such scientific investigation or 
dd " oe 
The following subjects for prizes under the Walker fund have been : i 
announced by the Soci 
Subject of the Annual Prize for 1865-6. “Adduce and discuss the 
by the manuscrip 
Boston, May, 1865. 
8. Tunnel of Mount Cenis—Of the total length of the Mt. C 
tunnel, 12,220 meters, 7,977 remain to be made. Having been be 
finished on the first of April, 1865; of which, 1646 meters were accom- 
plished by the old methods of tunnelling and 2777-4 by the new m 
chanical methods since the commencement of 1863—802 meters in 
1863, 1088 in 1864, and 337-4 in the first three months of 1865. The 
rate of i i 
eight months to complete the tunnel.—Les Mondes, May 18, 
9. Centennial Celebration of the Royal Saxon Mining Acad 
Freiberg.—Baron von Beust and Professors Reich, Breithaupt, 
a ; in 
and it is especially requested tha 
_ should do as much as possible 
6. 
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