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amount exceeded the cost of the bust by at least £300, and this sum 
he had pleasure in placing in the hands of Professor Haeckel, for him 
to devote to such purpose as he might think best in the interests of 
science. 
After the ceremony, and after Professor Haeckel had, not without 
emotion, acknowledged the honors showered upon him, the elect among 
the visitors adjourned to a banquet in the Hotel Zum Biren, where 
covers were laid for about 120 of both sexes. The day concluded with 
the characteristic German institution, a “ Commers,” in which almost 
all the students in Jena seemed to be taking part. Cheers for the Pro- 
fessor, songs and speeches in his honor, mingled with the clinking of 
glasses, enlivened the old university till a late hour at night—Natural 
Science, March. 
Mr. Henry O. Forbes, well known for his interesting account of his 
travels through the Eastern Archipelago, has been appointed Curator 
of the Liverpool Museum. 
Dr. J. Boehm, the botanist, of Vienna, is dead at the age of 62. 
Richard Spruce, the botanist, died at Coneysthorpe, England, Dec. 
29, 1893, at the age of 76. He traveled extensively in his younger 
years and accumulated one of the most valuable herbaria in England ; 
he also published numerous botanical papers, but he will longest be 
known from his successful efforts in introducing the Cinchona plants 
into India. 
Dr. Friedrich Zschokke has been made ordinary professor of zoology 
in the University of Basel, in the place of Prof. Dr. L. Riitimeyer 
ired. 
retire 
_ Dr. J. Vosseler, formerly of Tübiugen is privat-docent of Zoology 
in the technical high school of Stuttgart. 
Dr. W. Migula, formerly docent, has been made Professor of Botany 
and Bacteriology in the technical high school at Karlsruhe. 
_ Dr. Saposchnikoff has become Professor of Botany at the Univer- 
sity of Tamsk, Siberia. 
Mr. R. T. Günther is to be science tutor in the Magdalen College, 
Oxford. 
