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Ireland. — Messrs. McHenry, Egan, Sollas, Kilroe, Nolan, and Clark have 

 been engaged in the revision of the geology of this part of the United Kingdom. 

 The general map of Ireland on a scale of four miles to an inch has been completed." 



Messrs. McHenry and Watts have prepared a "Handbook of the Geol. Sur. 

 collections deposited in the Dublin Museum, which proves very useful." 



Pal.eo.vtoolgy. — Messrs. Sharman and Newton, palteontologists and curators 

 of fossils, report many additions. They undertook the special task of "preparing 

 material for a revision of the geological map of Wales. " Collections of fossils from 

 Dorsetshire, Skye, Isle oT Man, Cumberlandshire etc. were determined and their age 

 ascertained. 



Arctic fossils from Franz Josef Land, Antarctic fossils from Seymour Island 

 were described ijy Messrs. Sharman and Newton. 



A guide to the collections in the Museum is in preparation. 



Mr. Rudler is the Curator of the Museum on Jerniyn St., London, who reports 

 that there were 35,228 visitors during the mornings and 14,790 during the evenings. 

 The museum is now open every week day. 



A course of lectures to workingmen in connection with the Royal College of 

 Science was given in the "Theatre" of the Museum ):)y Prof. Howes, Dr. Willis and 

 Prof. Judd. The usefulness of the Geol. Survey in Great Britian is very great. 



PL M. A. 



Lamplugh, E. W. — " The Crush Conglomei aies of the Isle of Man. Q. J. G. S. 

 Vol. LI., Nov., 1895. 



The crush conglomerates of the Isle of Man form a part of the Skiddaw slates of 

 that island. Their stratigraphical relations and physical characters in the field are 

 carefully described. This is accompanied by an appendix viz : 



Watts, W. W. — " Ibui'" — Petrographical appendix; same [ournal, description 

 of thin sections, exhibiting movement structures, such as strainslip, cleavage, 

 partial and complete granulation, distortion, ragged edges, phacoidal outline of 

 quartz, gneiss, shredding, etc. 



These features suggest very forcibly such as are present in many of the con- 

 glomerates of the fossiliferous " Quebec Group " of Logan in the valley of the St. 

 Lawrence. — H. M. A. 



Bailey, Dr. L. W. — '■^ Notes on the Geology and Botany of Dighy Neck." Trans. 

 Nova Scotian Inst. Science, Vol. IX, (Session 1894 1S95), PP- 68-82, Halifax, 

 1896. 



In this paper Dr. Bailey describes the topographical and geological features of 

 " Digby Neck " proper, also its extension through Long and Briar Islands. Iron 

 ores, martite, amethysts, zeolites, thompsonite, native copper, etc. are noted amongst 

 the minerals of the district. The different zones of vegetation are then defined, and 

 a list of 94 species of flowering plants is appended and serves to show the geographical 

 distribution of the species in that part of Nova Scotia. — H. M. A. 



