No. 4276 October 13, 1951 NATURE 641 life-history, ecology, population studies, fishery and Gold Coast), senior assistant conservator of forests, utilization and includes observations on autotomy Gold Coast; J. M. Cave (assistant agricultural and autoplasy; a large female with a carapace­ officer, British Honduras), agricultural superintendent, length of 13·5 cm. is estimated to produce 549,000 St. Vincent, Windward Islands ; C. A. Lea (assistant eggs. No. 8 is a paper that should prove of use to director, Meteorological Services, Federation of zoologists everywhere. It contains a bibliography Malaya), director, Meteorological Services, Federation which is complete from Delius and Linrneus (both of Malaya; N. A. MacHattie (forester, Tanganyika), 1758) up to and including 1949; it comprises 1,216 superintending forester, Tanganyika; R. H. Ball entries and is a valuable compilation. There is also and P. Bradshaw, agricultural officers, Nigeria; a key for the whole of the Collembola carried down D. V. Chambers, R. Frank, W. G. Mathewson and to genera ; and, as the characters given are only J. Russell, agricultural officers, Tanganyika; T. J. those essential for generic identification, the name of Forbes and K. Landskroner, agricultural officers, each genus is followed by that of its author, the date Gold Coast; R. N. Green, agricultural officer, and a number in brackets referring to the citation of Somaliland Protectorate; G. Heys, agricultural t hat publication in the bibliography in which the officer, Nyasaland; A. J. Jones, entomologist, original definition of the genus is to be found. This Tanganyika; R. Knight, plant breeder, West African work is additionally welcome because it provides the Cocoa Research Institute, Gold Coast; C. J. Piggott, first review of the entire order since the memoirs of soil cl}emist, Sierra Leone; P. B. N. Jackson, Borner in 1906 and 1913. scientific officer, Northern Rhodesia; W. N. Scott, veterinary officer, Uganda; E. A. Thomas, veterinary British Contribution to Television : Convention officer, Tanganyika ; R. M. Bredon, nutritional in London chemist (Veterinary Department), Uganda; J. O. THE Radio Section of the Institution of Electrical Egerton, assistant conservator of forests, Federation Engineers is arranging a convention on "The British of Malaya; J. G. Harris, assistant conservator of Contribution to Television", to be held in London forests, Nigeria; G. M. Higgins, agricultural soil at the Institution during April 28-May 3, 1952. The chemist, Nigeria.; K. A. Hirst and A. B. Law, whole field of television will be covered in nine sessions, meteorologists, Northern Rhodesia; W. A. Sands, each approximately two hours in duration, at which scientific officer, Termite Research, East Africa High a survey ~aper and a number of supporting papers Commission; Miss A. G. Smith, meteorological will be discussed. First there will be a histmical assistant, Bermuda; T. J. Tanner, meteorological paper and a broad survey paper to act as an intro­ officer, Northern Rhodesia; T. W. Tinsley, plant duction to the whole convention, and this will be pathologist, West African Cocoa Research Institute, followed by sessions as follows : programme origina­ Nigeria; V. J. Weston, soil scientist, Nigeria; W.R. tion, point-to-point transmission, broadcasting sta­ Williams, senior geologist, Tanganyika ; R. A. M. tions, propagation, receiving equipment (two sessions), Wilson, geologist, Cyprus. non-broadcasting applications, and system aspects. In addition to these technical sessions, there will be Announcements a number of visits to industrial and other appropriate WE regret to announce the death on October 6 organizations. Proofs of all papers should be available of Prof. 0. F. Meyerhof, For.Mem.R.S., formerly shortly before the meeting. The convention will be director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physiology, open to all ; those who are not members of the Heidelberg, and recently research professor of bio­ Institution will be required to pay a registration fee. chemistry, University of Pennsylvania. The proceedings of the convention will be published H .M. ,THE KING OF in four issues of Part IIIA of the Proceedings of the DENMARK has bestowed upon Dr. Institution of Electrical Engineers. Further details D. A. Allan, director of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, the decoration can be obtained from the Institution of Electrical of Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, in recognition of his Engineers, Savoy Place, London, W.C.2. work in furthering the knowledge of Danish culture in Colonial Service : Recent Appointments Great Britain and his co-operation with the Danish THE following appointments in the Colonial Service national museums and kindred institutions. have recently been announced: E. F. Allen and THE Council of the Illuminating Engineering E. J. H. Berwick (agricultural officers, Federation of Society has awarded the Leon Gaster Memorial Malaya), senior agricultural officers, Federation of Premium for 1951 to Mr. H. vV. Cumming, of the Malaya; H. Gillman (senior agricultural officer, Research Laboratories of Siemens Electric Lamps and Tanganyika), deputy director of agriculture, Nyasa­ Supplies, Ltd., Preston, for his paper entitled "The land; R. W. Kettlewell (deputy director of agricul­ Extension of the Gas Arc Condition". ture, Nyasaland), director of agriculture, Nyasaland; ON the recommendation of Sir Alfred Egerton, A. B. Killick (director of agriculture, Uganda), director of the Salters' Institute of Industrial professor of agriculture and director of studies, Chemistry, the following awards have been ma.de Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad ; for the year 1951-52: Salters' F ellowships: Dr. A. F. Mackenzie (senior agricultural officer, Sierra A. P. C. Cumming and Raymond Grafton; Salters' Leone), deputy director of agriculture, Sierra Leone; S cholarship : Malcolm McLeman. De W. N. Scott (agricultural officer, Federation of Malaya), senior agricultural officer, Federation of THE Sindicato Vertical de Industrias Qufmicas is Malaya; D. Thornton (senior agricultural officer, holding a conference in Barcelona during November Tanganyika), chief soil conservation officer, Tangan­ 8-15 on "Safety and Hygiene in Chemical Industry yika; A. C. Brooks (chief chemist, Federation of from the Point of View of the Manager, Technician Malaya), director of chemistry, Federation of Malaya; and Operative" . Further details can be obtained I. A. Beveridge (senior assistant conservator of from the secretary-general of the conference, Sindicato forests, Gold Coast), conservator of forests, Gold Provincial de Industrias Quimicas C.N.S., Via Coast; D. C. Duff (assistant conservator of forests, Layetana, 18 Barcelona. © 1951 Nature Publishing Group.