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WE are much pleased to be able to announce that the Committee of the British Association for the Exploration of Socotra have secured the services of Dr. I. B. Balfour, Professor of Botany at Glasgow, as naturalist. Besides many other qualifications for the post Dr. Balfour has recently taken part in the execution of a similar piece of work as one of the naturalists attached to the station for the observation of the Transit of Venus at Rodriguez. Dr. Balfour will leave for Aden on the 9th inst., and proceed thence to Socotra.
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Notes . Nature 21, 237–239 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021237b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021237b0
