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the enforcement of the Federal Food and Drugs Act, Food In- 

 spection decisions, important Laws and Regulations pertaining to 

 the distribution and sale of foods are also useful innovations. An 

 elaborate table of the composition of foods in 100-calorie portions, 

 including the unique feature of quantitative data on their acid- 

 and base-forming properties, conclude the book. l. b. m. 



7. The Sarawak Museum Journal. Yol. II (part I), No. 5, 

 June, 1914. Issued by the Sarawak Museum under the authority 

 of His Highness the Rajah. — This number includes the following 

 papers: Die Tenebrionidenfauna Borneos. Part I, by Hans 

 Gebien; Two New Species of Pheretima from Borneo, by W. 

 Michaelsen; Sea-Shells and their makers, by A. J. Jukes-Brown; 

 Notes on collecting Ferns, with particular reference to certain 

 Bornean Ferns of considerable interest, by D. H. Campbell; 

 Some notes on Birds in Sarawak, by R. B. Williams. 



8. The Mining World Index of Current Literature. Vol. V. 

 First Half Year, 1914; by George E. Sisley. Pp. i-xii, 237, 

 xiii-xxix. Chicago, 1914 (Mining World Co.). — This fifth vol- 

 ume of the " Mining World Index" covers, as in previous volumes, 

 the world's literature on mining, metallurgy and kindred subjects 

 and embraces all references of any importance to the literature of 

 the field it exclusively represents. The convenience of use has 

 been increased by the employment of a larger type than hereto- 

 fore. 



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Dr. Theodore Nicholas Gill, the distinguished zoologist, 

 for many years connected with the Smithsonian Institution and 

 the National Museum at Washington, died on September 25 at 

 the age of seventy-seven years. His scientific activity is attested 

 by the publication of upwards of five hundred papers upon zoologi- 

 cal subjects, but he w r as noted also for the breadth and thorough- 

 ness of his knowledge and the profound influence that he exerted 

 upon those with whom he was associated ; he leaves a large num- 

 ber of personal friends. 



Dr. Henry Gannett, president of the National Geographic 

 Society, chairman of the United States Geographic Board, and 

 geographer of the United States Geological Survey, died on 

 November 5 at his home in Washington, D. C, at the age of 

 sixty-eight years. He began his geographic work as topographer 

 for the Hayden Survey, and in 1882 became the chief geographer 

 •of the newly established U. S. Geological Survey. He was 

 geographer of the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Censuses, and 

 was also one of the leaders in the organization of the National 

 Geographic Society. 



Dr. August Weismann, the celebrated zoologist, professor in 

 the University of Freiburg since 1867, died on November 6 at 

 the age of eighty years. 



