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This meeting is to be preceded by the meeting of the Geologi- 

 cal Society of America, which is to be held at Madison on the 

 loth and 16th. It is to be followed by the World's Geological 

 Congress to be held at Chicago during the fourth week of August, 

 beginning on the 24th. Prof. T. C. Chamberlin of the University 

 of Chicago is Chairman of the Committee. 



2. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 — The next meeting of the Australasian Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science will be held in Adelaide, South Australia, 

 commencing on September 25th, 1 893. It will be presided over 

 by Ralph Tate, F.L.S., F.G.S., Professor of Natural Science at 

 the University of Adelaide. The following remarks are quoted 

 from the circular issued, which gives the details in regard to the 

 meeting : — 



At the time fixed for the meeting, South Australia will be at its 

 best. There is no better time at which to visit Australia than 

 when spring is merging into summer. To naturalists, this time 

 of year is specially attractive, and these are reminded that at the 

 meeting of the Association they will come into contact with men 

 of like tastes from all parts of Australia. Should visitors wish to 

 prolong their trip, they are advised to visit during the months of 

 October and November the principal objects ol interest in the 

 mainland, and in December, January, and February to pass on to 

 New Zealand and Tasmania. 



The general Hon. Secretaries who will give all needed informa- 

 tion are : Professor A. Liversidge, of Sydney, and Professors 

 E. H. Rennie and W. H. Bragg, of Adelaide. 



3. British Association. — The next meeting of the British 

 Association will be held at Nottingham, beginning September 

 13th. The President is Dr. J. S. Burdon-Sanderson. 



4. Oicen Memorial. — At a meeting of the Royal Society held 

 January 21st, 1893, it was resolved, that "it is desirable that the 

 eminent services of the late Sir Richard Owen in the advancement 

 of the knowledge of the sciences of Anatomy, Zoology and Paleon- 

 tology should be commemorated by some suitable memorial." 

 This memorial is to consist primarily of a marble statue to be 

 placed in the hall of the Natural History Museum in London. 

 The Trustees of the British Museum have expressed their willing- 

 ness to receive the statue, and donations to this end are now 

 called for; they may be sent to the treasurer, Sir William H. 

 Flower, Natural History Museum, London, S. W. It is stated 

 that the sum already contributed amounts to nearly six hundred 

 pounds. 



5. Die Fortentwicklung cler elektrischen Eisenbahn-JEinricht- 

 angen, von L. Kohlfttrst. 296 pp. 12mo. Vienna, Pest, 

 Leipzig, 1891. (A. Hartleben's Verlag). — This little volume be- 

 longs to the electro-technical library of A. Hartleben, which has 

 been repeatedly noticed in these pages. It gives an account of 

 the present state of the application of electricity to the railroad, 

 including the use of signals of many kinds, of the telephone, and 

 many allied subjects. 



