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his honour be it told, out of his small salary as a fossil 

 collector, he regularly paid a guinea per annum, leaving the 

 balance, over and above the annual subscription, in the 

 hands of the treasurer, as his contribution towards the funds 

 of the Society. Of how many members can it be said that 

 they have done the like ? 



He was also an honorary member of the Edinburgh 

 Geological Society. After doing many years' useful work 

 in connection with geology, Bennie was awarded, by the 

 Geological Society of London, with the Murchison Fund. 



On account of Bennie's zeal and enthusiasm in connection 

 with his official duties, many of his colleagues often ex- 

 pressed the wish to keep him in their midst as long as 

 possible, and for this reason an exception was made in 

 regard to the age limit for compulsory retirement from the 

 service. Even when no further extension of service was 

 any longer possible, and Bennie had, nominally, to retire, on 

 a pension, his numerous friends would usually find him still 

 hard at work, as usual, in his accustomed spot at the Survey 

 Office; and there he held out until failing health really 

 obliged him to stay at home. Then, as might have been 

 expected, he quietly passed away, leaving behind him an 

 honoured name, and the affectionate regard of a large circle 

 of his fellow-workers in science. 



LIST OF PAPERS BY MPv BENNIE. 



Drawn up by Mr A. Macconochie, H.M. Geological Survey. 



1865 Bennie, James, On the Surface Geology of Glasgow, 

 Trans. Geol. Sac. Glas., vol. ii. p. 100. 



1867. Further Observations on the Surface Geology of 



Glasgow, Tra7is. Geol. Sac. Glas., vol. ii. p. 260. 



1868. On the Surface Geology of the District round 



Glasgow, as indicated by the Journals of certain Bores, 

 Trans. Geol. Soc. Glas., vol. iii. p. 133. 



1883. The Glaciated Summit of AUermuir, Proc. Roy. 



Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. vii. p. 307, 1883. 

 1885. Note on the Contents of Two Bits of Clay from 



the Elephant Bed at Kilmaurs in 1817, P7'oc. Roy. 



Phys. Soc. Edin., vol. viii. p. 451, 



