Sept. 15, 1881] 



NATURE 



475 



Boulder Clay present such a series. Its exhibition on the coast 

 of Norfolk, although very limited, is accompauied by special 

 pal(EontoloTical features that liave caused it to bi divided into 

 the number of local bed5 which have been described by Trim- 

 mer, Geen, Gunn, Wood, a .d Harmer, the author, Reid, Blake, 

 and others. It includes the " Laminated Clays" of Gunn, the 

 "Bure Valley Craj " of Searles-Wood, the " Westleton Shingle" 

 of the author, and the "Rootlet-bed" and "Norwich Series" 

 of Blake. Without reverting at present to the exact correlation 

 of the several beds in the Norfolk area, respecting which there 

 is still sojie difference of opinion, the author suTgests that they 

 should be included under a general term founded on the localities 

 where, on the one han^, their varied pnUxontological characters 

 are exhibited, and on the other where their pec\diar petrological 

 characters are well marked — characters which the author pro- 

 poses to show, in another paper, have a very wide range, and 

 serve to mark an important geological horizon in some interest- 

 ing que-tions of local physical geology. The Mundesley beds 

 were described by the auihor in i860, and consist of alternating 

 beds of clay, sands, and shingle, some containing freshwater 

 and others marine moUusca, with a forest-groN\'th aud mamma- 

 lian remains at their base; and again in 1871, including them 

 in his Westleton group (No. 5 in the author's sections), which 

 he showed to consist entirely of great masses of well-rounded 

 shingle, with intercalated seams containing traces only of marine 

 shell-. Seeing the inconvenience of attaching the same term to 

 the two very distinct series of beds, and that it may conflict with 

 other local terms, the author now prop ses to group this series 

 under the term of " The Mundesley and Westleton Beds," in- 

 dicative of their stratigraphical position in Norfolk, and of 

 characters in Suffolk which serve to trace them in their range 

 westward and inland to considerable distances beyond the Crag 

 area, to w hich alone these beds have hitherto beeu restricted. 

 At the same time it may be convenient, for brevity, to use one 

 term only in speaking of typical cases. 



On the Upper Ba^shot Sands of Hordwell Cliff, Hampshire, by 

 E. B. Tawney, M.A., F.G.S. — The descriptions of fjrmer writers 

 having been cited, it was f und that there were two main views 

 regarding the affinities of these sands, v hich occur in the cliff 

 between Long Mead End and Beacon Bunny. The vieiv formu- 

 lated by the distinguished foreign geologists, D'Archiac, Dumont, 

 Prof. Hebert, and Prof. C. Mayer, is that they ai-e parallel to 

 the upper sands of the Beauchamp ^= Barton) period, and 

 allied, therefore, to the marine Barton bed<. This view is much 

 the same as that of E. Forbes, and the Geological Survey, who 

 called them the Upper Bagshot Sand<. Latterly Prof. Judd has 

 sought to revive the term Headou-Hill Sands for them, pre- 

 suming them to be m^st nearly connected with the HeadoQ 

 series, and extending the bounds of that series to receive them. 

 The author now gives a list of twenty-eight species obtained 

 from the bed at Long Mead End ; of these 35 per cent, are 

 common to the sand and the Barton beds, but do not occur in 

 the Headon series ; while only 2 1 "4 per cent. a:e common to the 

 sand and Headon series, but do not occur in Barton beds. It is 

 shown that this sand belongs to the zcne of Cerithium pleuiolo- 

 mdides, Lam., and is exactly parallel to the sands of Mortefon- 

 ta'ne, which belong to the same horizon, constituting the upper 

 portion of the Beauchamp deposits. This is altogether below 

 the C. eoiicavum zone. From these sands being intimately 

 connected with the Barton beds in both areas, it is held that the 

 term LTpper Bagshot is the most fitting designation that has been 

 proposed for them. 



NOTES 

 The Emperor of Germany has, by Imperial Decree dated 

 June I, iSSi, awarded the Gold Medal of Merit for Agriculture 

 to Mr. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert jointly, in recognition of their 

 services for the development of scientific and practical agri- 

 culture. 



The death is announced, at the age of sixty-two years, of Mr. 

 Frederick Currey, F.R.S., F.L.S. Mr. Ciirrey was well known 

 as a botanist, and was secretary to the Linnean Society from 

 i860 to 1S80. It is stated that Mr. Currey has left his valuable 

 collections of fungi to Kew. 



The honour of knighthood has been conferred upon Dr. G. 

 C. M. Bhdwood, C.S.I., of the India Office; and also upon 



Dr. John Kirk, H.M. Political Agent and Consul-General at 

 Zanzibar, well known as the friend of Livingstone, and naturah-t 

 to his second exploring expedition, and as having done so much 

 to promote African exploration. 



The Sedgwick Memorial Fund (Cambridge) now amounts 

 from subscriptions and interest to more than 14,000/., but this 

 sum is not sufficient to build the new geological museum which 

 it has been decided to erect in honour of the late professor. A", 

 however, the present museum was built partly by subscriptions 

 collected mainly through the exertions of Prof. Sedgwick, with 

 a view to the erection of a geological museum, as well as of the 

 library and other University buildings, the v,alue of the portion 

 occupied by the present museum should be taken into account in 

 e.-timating the sum available for the new memorial building. 

 An architect has been consulted as to the possibility of erecting 

 a new geological museum and a chemical laboratory on the 

 vacant space in front of the new museums and lecture-rooms 

 facing Pembroke Street, but after examination of his plans and 

 report it was found that the proposal could not be carried out, 

 and it has consequently been decided to await the result of 

 further negotiations for the purchase of the contiguous property. 

 The recent acquisition by the University of some adjoining land 

 will, it is hoped, diminish the difficulties now existing in the way 

 of finding a suitable site for the erection of the new geological 

 museum. 



A LONG and interesting article in the Daily Neivs of Tues- 

 day describes the progress which has been made in carrying 

 out the scheme of Mr. HoUoway for the erection of a college 

 for the education of young ladies. Mr. HoUoway's endowment 

 is of the amplest liberality ; the building is all that could be 

 desired, and is in a fair way of being completed ; there is no 

 danger of the institution becoming one for the benefit of the 

 teachers and not of the students ; the programme of education 

 is meant to place science on a footing of absolute equality with 

 learning. "The governing body will consist of twenty-one 

 persons, to be appointed partly by the University of London, 

 and partly by the Corporation of London, and it is stipulated 

 that a certain prti on shall always be women. Rebgious opi- 

 nions are not in any way to affect the qualification for a governor. 

 It is the founder's desire that power by Act of Pariiament, Royal 

 charter, or otherwise, should be eventually sought to enable the 

 college to confer degrees after due examination ; and that until 

 such power is obtained the students shall qualify themselves to 

 pass the Women's Examination of the London University, or 

 any examination of a similar or higher character which may be 

 open to women at any of the exi.-ting universities of the United 

 Kingdom. The curriculum will not be restricted to subjects 

 enjoined by any existing university. Instead of being regulated 

 by the traditions and methods of former ages, the system of 

 education will be mainly founded on studies and sciences which 

 the experience of modern times has shown to be most valuable, 

 and as best adapted for the intellectual and social requirements 

 of students. The governors will therefore be empowered to 

 provide instruction in any subject or branch of knowledge which 

 shiU appear to them, from time to time, most suitable for the 

 education of women ; an 1 the curriculum of the c jllege will not 

 discourage students who may de-ire a liberal education apart 

 from the Latin and Greek languages." All this is admirable, 

 and we trust the spirit of the founder's wishes will be faithfully 

 carried out. This building and the Sanatorium are not far from 

 Virginia Water, and the total cost, with endowments, will pro- 

 bably amount to close upon a million. 



In connection with the Smoke Abatement Committee, an 

 International Exhibition and trials of smoke-preventing appli- 

 ances «ill be held in the East and West Arcades, and m 

 buUdings adjoining the Royal Albert Hall, at South Kensingto 



