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appointed Curator, also assuming duties as Lecturer on Natural 

 Science to the Literary and Philosophical Society. 



In 1843, Simpson published a short Monograph giving descriptions 

 of more than 100 Ammonites of the Yorkshire Lias ; and in 1855 he 

 published descriptions of all the known fossils of the Yorkshire Lias, 

 and an outline of the Geology of the Coast. A second edition of 

 " The P'ossils of the Yorkshire Lias" was published in 1884, while 

 his " Guide to the Geology of the Yorkshire Coast " reached a fourth 

 edition in 1868. As Simpson's descriptions of his fossils were not 

 properly defined, only about 20 of his original species of Ammonites 

 are now accepted. 



In 1884 the Murchison Geological Fund was awarded by the 

 Geological Society to Simpson, and he then remarked that he felt the 

 more honoured as he had received no assistance or encouragement 

 from his fellow- townsmen. 



We also have to record the death of Benjamin Vetter, Professor 

 of Zoology at the Polytechnic in Dresden ; of the veteran Russian 

 mineralogist, N. I. Kokscharow, author of the Beitriige znr Mineralogie 

 Russlands ; and of H. F. Blanford, F.R.S., late Chief of the 

 Meteorological Department in India. 



We are happy to state that the announcement of the death of 

 Dr. D. Stur appearing in certain French and English papers, is 

 founded on the mis-translation of a German paragraph. The late 

 Director of the Austrian Geological Survey is now enjoying a State 

 pension. 



