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tises. The construction is fire-proof throughout. There is an immense 
elevator, capable of taking up the largest fossils, which rises one hundred 
feet. 
— The twenty-fifth meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., beginning at ten 
o'clock A. m., on Wednesday, August 23d. 
The address of Mr. F. W. Putnam, the Permanent Secretary, will be 
Salem, Mass., until Saturday morning, August 19th ; after that time, and 
until the meeting has adjourned, Buffalo, N. Y. 
The officers of the Buffalo meeting are the following: President, 
William B. Rogers, of Boston; Vice President, Section A, Charles A. 
Young, of Hanover; Vice President, Section B, Edward S. Morse, of 
Salem; Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Chemistry, G. F. Bar- 
ker, of Philadelphia; Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Anthropol- 
ogy, L. H. Morgan, of Rochester; Permanent Secretary, F. W. Put- 
ham, of Salem; General Secretary, T. C. Mendenhall, of Columbus ; 
Secretary of Section A, Arthur W. Wright, of New Haven ; Secretary 
of Section B, Albert H. Tuttle, of Columbus; Treasurer, Thomas T. 
Bouvé, of Boston. 
The attention of chemists is specially directed to the fact that the 
Chemical Subsection, formed at the Hartford meeting, has been made a 
permanent organization. ‘The attention of entomologists is directed to 
the action taken by the entomologists at the last two meetings, and to 
the annual meeting of the Entomological Club of the Association which 
will be held at Buffalo, on Tuesday, August 22d (the day preceding the 
meeting of the Association), at which all interested are invited to be 
present, 
A Permanent Subsection of Anthropology was organized at Detroit, 
and à committee was appointed for the purpose of developing the subsec- 
tion at the Buffalo meeting. Members interested in this department are 
Specially requested to make known the formation of the subsection. A 
“teular issued by the special committee will be sent by the Permanent 
‘retary on request. It is expected that special arrangements will be 
made for the Subsection to attend the Archeological Convention to be 
held in Philadelphia, on September 4th. 
It Was suggested at the last meeting that special efforts be made to 
bring the microscopists together at Buffalo in order to form a permanent 
organization, either as a subsection or as a club on the plan of the Ento- 
mological Club. From the interest already evinced by a number of lead- 
ing Microscopists definite action will, undoubtedly, be taken on the sub- 
Ject at the coming meeting. - For special information on this subject, 
* Meroscopists may address Dr. R. H. Ward, 53 Fourth St., Troy, N. Y. 
_—Itis proposed to hold an International Convention of Archwolo- 
ists, at Philadelphia during the Centennial, and in connection with the 
Centennial Exhibition, for the purpose of promoting acquaintance and 
