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THE Royal Society announces that it is about to make the first award of the Mackinnon research studentship. The studentship is founded under a bequest to the Royal Society by the late Sir William Mackinnon, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army, of the residue of his estate upon trust to be applied for the foundation and endowment of such prizes or scholarships for the special purpose of furthering natural and physical science, including geology and astronomy, and of furthering original research and investigation in pathology as the Society may think best and most conducive to the promotion of those sciences and of original discoveries therein. The committee appointed by the council of the Royal Society to advise upon the best mode of giving effect to the intentions of the testator recommended that the award should be in the nature of a studentship for the encouragement of research rather than a prize for the reward of past achievements, and that the studentship should be devoted to the maintenance of a student engaged in such researches as were indicated by the testator. The studentship will be awarded this year in one of the biological sciences, including physiology and anatomy, pathology, botany, palæontology and zoology; it will be awarded for one year, but will be renewable for a second year. The studentship is at present of the annual value of 150l, but the awards may be multiplied in future, upon the determination of certain outstanding charges upon the property. Applications must be received not later than June 26 by the assistant secretary of the Royal Society, from whom further particulars may be obtained.