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Societe royale des sciences medieales et naturelles de Bruxelles .Instruments, publications, &c.

Academic Boycde des Sciences, des Littres et des Beaux-Arts deBelgique. Publications.

Societe beige de geographic. Bulletin.

Societe de Pharmacie d Anvers. Its Journal.

Societe Archeologique de Charleroi. Ancient pottery, &c.

Societe Archeologique de Nivelles. Publications, collections,instruments.

Societe Royale de medicine publique a, Bruxelles . Publications,

&c.

Societe Royale Linneenne a Bruxelles . Bulletin, &c.

Societe medico-chirurgicale de Liege, a Liege. Annals.

SociSte Royale des Sciences a, Liege. Memoirs.

Bonn . —The Natural History Museum of the University of Bonn is situated in an old building at the end of the Poppels-dorfee Allee. Under the direction of Professor Troschel and hispredecessors upwards of 160,000 specimens have been gatheredtogether. In fossils it is of course richest in those that havebeen collected from the Devonian rocks of the Eifel and theSLebengebirge. A fine series of Archcegosaurus remains wasnoticeable, and the fishes from Reichelsdorf are interesting.One hall is got up in the form of a grotto, and produces a bizarreeffect. Nothing of much service was learnt from the exhibitionpoint of view. The casing is antiquated and the light defective.The material, however, is abundant and good, and of great use tostudents of special departments of science. Here, as elsewhere,the courtesy of the officials was noteworthy, and Professor Troschel put himself to much trouble to gratify us with a sightof some specimens of which we were in quest.

Switzerland . —The numerous museums of Switzerland may beclassed under two heads : (1) the cantonal and district ( Bezirk )museums, and (2) the museums supported by the state,municipalities, and universities.

1. The Cantonal and District Museums are of very unequalimportance. The larger and richer cantons have museumsattached to their schools (the Cantonsschulen, which includeGymnasia and Gewerbeschulen), but they contribute very little totheir support beyond providing room for the specimens, andsmall salaries to the officers responsible for their safe keeping.As a consequence, the larger and often the more valuable part ofthe. collections is stowed away in passages and cellars, whileexhibition space is found only for those objects which areabsolutely necessary for the carrying on of the scientific work ofthe schools. Some of these local museums, situated in veryproductive districts, have accumulated a large amount ofscientific material which yet awaits the attention of investigators.