The Presidents of the L.N.U. 1} 
has communicated articles to the pages of the old “ Naturalist,” 
edited by Messrs. B. R. and F. O. Morris. Two of these are, a 
review of Prof. Rymer Jones’, “ Classification of the Animal 
Kingdom,” and an article on the “ Collyweston Slate.” ‘To the 
new series of the “Naturalist,” Mr. Burton has contributed a 
number of articles, principally relating to the geology of the 
Lincolnshire coast, as well as on general nature subjects. 
In 1866 Mr. Burton discovered the Rhcetics near Gainsborough, 
and announced the fact in a paper to the British Association 
meeting at Nottingham the same year. When the beds were more 
fully exposed for observation in the railway cutting, he read a 
fuller article on the subject before the Geological Society in 1867. 
The British Association meeting at Sheffield in 1879 still found 
Mr. Burton ready to communicate fresh facts on the interesting 
_ beds which surround Gainsborough. 
One great object of Mr. Burton's recent endeavours has been 
the establishment of a County Museum in Lincoln. He was from 
its commencement the Secretary and Treasurer of the Union’s 
Museum Committee. This was only dissolved last March when the 
City Council took over the collections of the Society, and found 
for them a suitable, and an historically interesting home in the 
old Grey Friar’s house within the city precincts. There they 
are safely lodged under the care of a curator, and Mr. Burton’s 
object has been realised. He intends to leave his own private 
collections in their entirety to the County Museum ; and part of 
his scientific library will accompany them. Few of us live to see 
our hopes take shape ; and still fewer of us have the means of 
helping to contribute to our ideal. 
The Union made Mr. Burton its second President for the years 
1894-95. His two addresses from the chair were both on geology. 
“How the Land between Gainsborough and Lincoln was 
Formed” and “ The Story of the Lincoln Gap.” 
He was one of the original members of the Union, and has 
‘seldom missed a meeting until the last year or two, when increas- 
_ing age has necessitated his giving up long and tiring walks. Mr. 
- Burton recently sat for the photograph which is here reproduced 
i. specially for the “ Transactions.’ 
