1896.] Scientific News. 961 
J. H. Maiden has been appointed government botanist and direc- 
tor of the botanical gardens of New South Wales, succeeding Charles 
Moore who held the position for nearly fifty years. 
Mr. F. F. Blackman has been appointed assistant in botany in the 
University of Cambridge, and Dr. E. Albrecht assistant in the 
Anatomical Institute of the University of Munich. 
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia has conferred the 
Hayden Memorial Geological Award for 1896 on Prof. Giovanni 
Capellini of the University of Bologna. 
Prof. A. N. Kuznetzow has been advanced to the position of ordi- 
nary professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens in the 
University of Dorpat. 
The Ninth Annual Winter Meeting of the Geological Society of 
America will be held in the city of Washington, D. C., on, December 
29, 30, 31, 1896. 
Dr. H. Hanns, Th. Loesener and P. Gräbner have been called as 
scientific assistants to the botanical museum of the University of 
Berlin. 
Dr. L. Kathariner, of Würzburg, goes to the professorship of zoology 
and comparative anatomy in the University of Freiburg, Switzer- 
land. 
Dr. V. Schiffner has been advanced to the position of professor ex- 
traordinarius of botany in the German University of Prague. 
Dr. A. Möller, of Idstein, well-known for his studies of South Amer- 
ican botany has gone to the Forestry Academy at Eberswald. 
The Ministry of Education has conferred the title of professor upon 
the botanist Dr. Kienitz-Gerloff. of Weilberg on the Lahn. 
Dr. B. Hofer, of the University of Munich, has been appointed pro- 
fessor of fish culture in the Veterinary school at Munich. 
Dr. K. Busz, formerly of Marburg, has gone to the University of 
Munich as extraordinary professor of mine 
Dr. F. W. K. Miiller has been advanced to the position of directors 
assistant in the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin. 
Dr. H. F. Reid, of Johns Hopkins U niversity has been advanced to 
the position of assistant professor of geophysics. 
