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practical course in mining is given. Dr. Morris informs me that 

 the available space in the college is already inadequate for the 

 great variety of subjects which require to be taught to make the 

 whole range of technical education complete, and requests to take 

 up good work have sometimes to be refused. The work of the 

 college is chiefly utilitarian in character, but its scientific basis is 

 always receiving increased attention. 



P. R. Russell Scholarship. — "In 1896, Peter Nicol Russell, Esq. 

 formerly of Sydney, but now living in London," to quote the 

 University Calendar, " presented to the University a sum of 

 ,£50,000 for the endowment of the Department of Engineering in 

 the University," under certain conditions which were namely : — 

 (1) That the Department of Engineering was henceforth to be 

 called the P. N. Russell School of Engineering ; (2) That out of 

 the income of the said endowment practical and theoretical 

 instruction were to be given in mechanical engineering, surveying, 

 mining, metallurgy and architecture ; (3) Certain restrictions in 

 applying the money to expenses already incurred. The Senate 

 have now the matter well in hand, a portion of the money has 

 been devoted towards the cost of lectureships, and a scholarship 

 has been founded of the value of £90 per annum, to be competed 

 for by applicants who shall have qualified themselves by a certain 

 amount of preliminary theoretical and workshop training. The 

 successful candidate will thus be assisted in following up the B.E. 

 course in mechanical engineering. There is a marble bust of Mr. 

 P. N. Russell in the Hall, and he has been asked by the University 

 Senate to allow his portrait to be painted and placed there. A 

 metal die has been made for a gold medal (£20) to be awarded 

 annually for distinction in engineering work, but the exact con- 

 ditions of the award have not yet been determined. The medal 

 has upon it a very fine portrait of Mr. Russell. 



Biology. — The Manual of Zoology of Professors Parker and 

 Haswell deserves special mention. It is a work of great industry 

 and scientific importance, and being up to date it is a most 

 useful book of its kind. The death of Professor Parker on the 



