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. port in the meetings of the International Commission and with which 
he might advise regarding concessions to be made or requested in those 
points upon which American opinion differs from the views held in 
some of the other countries.’ 
This Advisory Committee has now been completed and is made up 
as follows: 
Dr. Gill, representing the National Academy of Science. 
Dr. Dall, representing the Smithsonian Institution. 
Prof. Cope, representing the Society of American Naturalists. 
Prof. Wright, representing the Royal Society of Canada. 
Prof. Packard, representing the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science. 
The September issue of the Western Field and Stream, published in 
St. Paul, Minn., is noteworthy as presenting a scheme for the protec- 
tion of the game of the country. Briefly, it contemplates dividing the 
entire territory of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 
into two concessions along the line of the forteith parallel of latitude, 
or near it, for each of which there shall be uniform laws and uniform 
close time, the whole to be under the police surveillance of the Na- 
tional association for the protection of game and fish through its mul- 
tifarious state auxilliaries. The close time for the northern concession 
will be from January 1 to September 1, and in the southern concession 
from February 1 to September 1, during which no shooting shall be 
allowed on any kind of game whatever, excepting that woodcock and 
shore birds of the order Limicole may be shot in August. The gen- 
eral close time for all kinds of inland fishes, recognized as game fishes, 
to extend from October 1 to June 1, excepting that fishes of the family 
Samonidz, may be caught in April and may. These close seasons 
conform very nearly to the distribution, habitat, and breeding seasons 
of the various animals which are sought to be protected; and where 
they do not, especial exceptions may be made, if deemed expedient. 
The laws which are to dominate will inhere by legislative enactment ; 
uniform in all the states, and codperative throughout. Emergencies 
and bodily stress will always stand in plea for exemption from penalty 
for violation of the laws when well proven. 
By private gifts, a Japanese fellowship in economics has been estab- 
lished at the University of Wisconsin, and Mr. M. Shiozawa, of Tokyo, 
Japan, has been elected to the fellowship for the coming year. Mr. 
Shiozawa is highly recommended by two distinguished Japanese pro- 
