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Animals with reference to the Origin of Species, the latter work 
being under the direction of Dr. Davenport. The laboratory offers 
dormitory and boarding accommodations on the grounds and under 
- the control of the director. The laboratory is equipped with a 
naphtha launch, bacteriological apparatus, and a good working library. 
The tuition fee is $20; board costs $4.50, and rooms $1.50 or $3.00 
per week. Application for admission or for the announcements may 
be made to Professor Franklin W. Hooper, 502 Fulton Street, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., or to Dr. Charles B. Davenport, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Appointments: Mr. W. Anderson, of the Indian geological survey, 
director of the newly instituted geological survey of Natal ; M. Giintz, 
professor of mineralogical chemistry in the Faculty of Sciences at 
Nancy; L. B. Wilson, demonstrator in pathology and bacteriology in 
the University of Minnesota. 
Deaths: Dr. Giuseppe Bosso, bacteriologist in the University of 
Turin, January 17; Wilhelm Dames, professor of geology and paleon- 
tology in the University of Berlin, December 22, aged 55 ; Fr. Gay, of 
the University of Montpellier, France, a student of the alge, aged 40 ; 
Major Jed. Hotchkiss, of Staunton, Va., a well-known writer on sub- 
jects in the field of economic geology, January 18, aged 71; Pastor 
Christian Kaurin, of Sand Jarlsberg, Norway, student of mosses, May 
25, 1898, aged 66; Henry Alleyne Nicholson, professor of natural 
history in the University of Aberdeen, and well known for his text- 
books and his paleontological researches, January 19, aged 54; T. 
Caruel, professor of botany in Florence, Italy. 
