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NOTES AND NEWS.

The following gentlemen have kindly consented to act as Honorary Local Secretaries:—The Rev. I. W. Johnson, M.A., Benthall, Broseley; The Rev. J. C. Newton, Kobe, Japan; The Rev. Thos. M. B. Patterson, Hamilton, N.B.; Professor James S. Riggs, Auburn Theological Seminary; The Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman, Syracuse; Walter Gr. Webster, Esq., Providence.


The new railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem has been laid down on the sheets of the large and small maps. Copies of these sheets are now ready.


The museum of the Fund, at 24, Hanover Square, is now open to subscribers between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., except on Saturdays, when it closes at 2 p.m.


The Committee have to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the Library of the Fund:—

"Pictured Palestine." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by James Nisbet and Co. From the Author.

"Palestine Explored." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by James Nisbet and Co. From the Author.

"Kissing." By the Rev. James Neil. Published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. From the Author.

"Palestine Re-peopled." By the Rev. James Neil. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Pictures and Stories from the Holy Land." By the Rev. James Neil. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Bridal Song." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Strange Figures." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Strange Scenes." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Palestine Life." By the Rev. James Neil, M.A. Published by Lang Neil and Co. From the Author.

"Ægyptiaca." Comprising a catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities, by Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., U.C.L., LL.D. Published by Harrison and Sons. From the Author.

"Baedeker's Palestine and Syria." From the Editor.

Pamphlets on "The Lycian Language," Royal Asiatic Society's Journal, October, 1891; "Dusratta's Hittite Letter," Royal Asiatic Society's Journal, October, 1892; "Notes on the Hittite Writing;" "Notes on Akkadian," Royal Asiatic Society's Journal, October, 1893. By Major C. R. Conder, D.C.L., R.E. From the Author.

The Committee will be glad to receive donations of Books to the Library of the Fund, which already contains many works of great value relating to