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Among the appropriations made by the Berlin Academy of Science 
are 700 marks to Professor Dahl, of Kiel, for the arrangement of 
the zoological material collected by him in Raltim, and 120 marks to 
Dr. K. Holtermann, in aid of his work upon the fungi of the East 
Indies. 
Mr. W. Whitaker has been elected president of the Geological 
Society of London. 
Recent appointments: Prof. Desider Andyar, director of the 
gardens in Budapest. — Dr. Otto Appel, assistant for bacteriology in 
the Hygienic Institute at Wiirzburg.— Eugen Askenasy, honorary 
professor of botany in Heidelberg. — R. H. Biffin, demonstrator of 
botany in the University of Cambridge. — G. L. Bunnell, assistant 
in zoology in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. — 
Antonio delle Valle, professor of zoology in the University of Naples. 
— Ernst Ebermayer, professor of forestry in the University of 
Munich, — Dr. G. B. Grassi, of Catania, professor of zoology in the 
University of Rome. — Dr. Hans Hallier, assistant in the Botanical 
Museum in Munich, — Jiuta Hara, professor of zoology in the Agri- 
cultural College at Sapporo, Japan. — Dr. Ludwig Hecke, docent for 
vegetable pathology in the Agricultural School in Vienna.— Dr. Heim, 
docent in vegetable pathology in the Agricultural College in Vienna. 
— Alexander Henckel, of St. Petersburg, assistant in the Botanical 
Institute in Odessa. — Dr. Karl Holtermann, docent for botany in the 
University of Berlin. — Dr. Karl Hiirtle, professor of physiology in the 
University of Breslau. — Masamaru Inaba, professor of zoology in 
the Higher Normal School at Yamaguchi, Japan.— Dr. J. Joly, 
professor of geology in Trinity College, Dublin. — F. C. Kempson, 
demonstrator of anatomy in the University of Cambridge. — Dr. O. 
Krummacher, docent for physiology in the University of Munich. — 
Dr. Bengt Lidfors, docent for botany in the University of Lund. — Dr. 
Lustner, of Jena, assistant in the physiological experiment station at 
Geisenheim. — Dr. Alexander Magécsy-Dietz, extraordinary professor 
of botany in the University of Budapest. — Dr. Maguenne, professor 
of vegetable physiology in the Museum of Natural History of Paris. — 
Prof. O. Mattirolot, director of the Botanical Museum and Garden at . 
Florence, Italy.— Dr. Franz Mattouschek, of Prague, professor of 
botanyin the gymnasium at Linz, Austria. — Dr. Lafayette B. Mendel, 
assistant professor of physiological chemistry in Yale University. — 
Dr. Mentz, privat docent in physiology in the University of Leipzig. 
— Dr. Pio Mingazzini, of Rome, professor of zoology, comparative 
