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THE appointment of officers for the seventy-sixth meeting of the British Association, which is to be held at York, has now been completed. The meeting will open on Wednesday, August 1—when the president, Dr. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., will deliver the presidential address— and be concluded on August 8. The following are the names of the presidents of the various sections:—A (mathematical and physical science), Principal E. H. Griffiths, F.R.S.; B (chemistry), Prof. Wyndham Dunstan, F.R.S.; C (geology), Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S.; D (zoology), Mr. J. J. Lister, F.R.S.; E (geography), Sir G. Taubman-Goldie, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.; F (economic science and statistics), Sir George S. Gibb; G (engineering), Prof. J. A. Ewing, F.R.S.; H (anthropology), Mr. E. Sidney Hartland; I (physiology), Prof. Francis Gotch, F.R.S.; K (botany), Prof. F. W. Oliver, F.R.S.; L (educational science), Prof. M. E. Sadler. Subscriptions to the amount of more than 700l. have been promised to the fund started for the purpose of founding a medal to commemorate the visit of the association to South Africa last year. The council of the association has resolved to add to the fund the balance of the special funds raised to meet the expenses of the South Africa meeting, so that the total sum to be disposed of is between 1500l. and 1600l. It is proposed that the medal, struck in bronze, together with the balance of the income on the fund after paying for the medal, shall be awarded “for achievement and promise in scientific research in South Africa,” and that, so far as circumstances shall allow, the award shall be made annually.