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50'. The greatest depth was at the northeast extremity of this 

 line, in latitude 11° 22' and longitude 116° 50'. Just beyond, in 

 latitude 11° 08' and longitude 116° 38', the depth found was 2860 

 fathoms. — From the Report on Oceanic depths, issued by the Ad- 

 miralty, Hydrographic Department, London, Jan., 1891. 



3. Catalogue of the Crawford Library of the Royal Observa- 

 tory, Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1890. This quarto of 500 pages 

 in double columns contains the titles of the remarkable collection 

 of books, pamphlets and manuscripts which the Earl of Crawford 

 presented in 1888 to the Edinburgh Koyal Observatory. Charles 

 Babbage was a famous collector of rare and old books, and after 

 bis death his entire library was bought by Lord Crawford, in 

 1 872, and to this were added rare books from the library at 

 Haigh Hall and many other books, by purchase, so that this 

 collection at Dunecht had become one of the notable astronomical 

 libraries of the w T orld. In the present catalogue the full title is 

 given of each book and pamphlet, and the Edinburgh Observa- 

 tory and its Astronomer Royal, Mr. Copeland, have thus added 

 largely to our resources in the Bibliography of Astronomy. 



4. Dr. Goodale in New Zealand. — The third session of the 

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science was 

 held in Christ Church, New Zealand, and began Jan. 15th, 1891. 

 Sir James Hector, presided. The meeting was a successful one, 

 the attendance being about 470, and the number of papers read 

 74. Prof. Goodale, of Harvard University, represented the 

 American Association, but no member of the British Association 

 attended from England. — Nature, March 26th. 



5. 31issouri Geologiccd Survey. — Mr. Chas. K. Keyes of Des 

 Moines, Iowa, has been appointed paleontologist of the Survey. 

 Mr. Keyes is now at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 

 but will report for duty in Missouri during the month of May. 

 In the meantime he is occupied in the preparation of a report on 

 the paleontology of the State, in which work he has already made 

 considerable progress. 



The Journal of Comparative Neurology : A quarterly periodical devoted to the 

 Comparative study of the Nervous System. Edited by C. L. Herrick. Vol. I; 

 pp. i-xviii, 1-106. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



A Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology. — Editor J. Walter Fewkes. 

 Volume 1. 132 pp. 1891 (Bostou and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) 



OBITUARY. 



James B. Mackintosh, of New York City, died on April 15th, 

 after a brief illness, aged 34 years. He was a skillful, active 

 chemist, and besides work on the technical side he had made 

 important contributions to mineralogical chemistry and his future 

 promised bright in this direction ; recent volumes of this Journal 

 contain a number of articles by him and one of which he is part 

 author appears in the present number. 



