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also Professor of Mathematics at the same college. 

 Although by no means a voluminous writer, he con- 

 tributed occasional papers to the Geological Society and 

 to the Geoloi^ical Mnij;(isine on the carboniferous rocks 

 of the north of England, on sub-aerial denudation, on 

 the geology of Donegal, the Malvern Hills, iS;c. His 

 practical knowledge of geology, his clear head, and sound 

 judgment rendered his advice on matters of engineering 

 geology of great service. Consequently he was engaged 

 here and (here in many important undertakings, more 

 especially in reference to coal-mining, water-supply, &c. 

 This work, perhaps unfortunately, was needful, for it ex- 

 hausted those energies that might have been more ad- 

 vantageously directed to the advancement of knowledge. 

 Professorships of geology are not, however, lavishly en- 

 dowed. ^'isiting portions of South Africa in the course 

 of practical work, he was able to obtain a considerable 

 insight into the geology, and brought his results before 

 the Geological Society. Not the least important of his 

 labours was his manual of Physical Cacology, admittedly 

 the best English work on this branch of the science, and 

 one which reached a third edition in 1882. The com- 

 panion volume on Stratigraphical Geology was never com- 

 pleted, and indeed other publications perhaps rendered 

 it unnecessary. 



After the resignation of Prof. Prestvvich in 1888, he 

 was chosen to succeed him in the chair of Geology in 

 the University of O.xford. Here he found abundance of 

 work to do in the arrangement of the geological museum, 

 in his lectures and class excursions. A large task, 

 indeed, still remains to be done in the examination of 

 many treasured specimens that have never yet been 

 exhibited. Prof. Green took great interest in this work, 

 and in the acquisition of new specimens. Only recently 

 he spent some time in selecting a series of fossils from 

 the valuable collection of the late Thomas }5eesley, of 

 Banbury, which had been presented to the Oxford 

 Museum by Mrs. Beesley. 



Prof. Green was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 

 in 1886, and he served on the Council during the years 

 1894-95. For many years he gave lectures on geology 

 at the Military School at Chatham ; he was an examiner 

 in geology for the University of London ; and had been 

 President of the Geological Section of the British 

 Association at Leeds in i8go. 



Early in .'August he was afflicted with a stroke of 

 paralysis, and a second attack terminated his busy and 

 useful life on the 19th of the month. Eminently genial 

 and kind-hearted, he will long be missed by his many 

 friends. H. B. W. 



NOTES. 



At the Leyden International Zoological Congress, held last 

 year, it was decided that the next meeting of the kind should 

 take place in England, in September 1S98, and that Sir William 

 Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), should 

 be ils President. We now learn, through the Times, that it has 

 been determined that the 1898 Congress, the fourth of the series, 

 shall meet at Cambridge, under the auspices of the University, 

 simultaneously with the International Physiological Congress, 

 which has arranged to go there in that year. London and 

 Edinburgh were named as places of meeting in connection with the 

 Zoological Congress, but it was felt that there were certain advan- 

 tages in holding an international meeting ofthis character in a Uni- 

 versity town within easy distance of London, rather than in London 

 itself. The organising and reception Committee consists of Prof. 

 Alfred Newton, President ; Mr. Adam Sedgwick, Vice-President ; 

 Messrs. J. W. Clarke and Sydney J. Hickson, Treasurers; and 

 Messrs. S. F. Harmer and Arthur E. Shipley, Secretaries. 

 With reference to the two prizes which will be awarded at the 

 NO. 1401, VOL. 54] 



Congress for the best zoological papers, the Paris members of 

 the permanent Committee suggest thai the subject for the Tsajr 

 Alexander III. prize, which will be given for the first time, 

 shall be "The Study of the Ruminant Mammalia of Central 

 Asia, from a Zoological and Geographical Standpoint " ; and 

 that for the Tsar Nicholas II. prize, which was awarded last 

 year at Leyden for the first time, the paper shall be "An Ana- 

 tomical and Zoological Monograjjh of a Group of Marine In- 

 vertebrates." These subjects are, however, in the nature of 

 proposals which may be modified, since the Paris Committee 

 will be glad to receive counter-suggestions and to learn the 

 views of zoologists before making public the detailed programme 

 of the prizes. 



The annual conference of the Iron and Steel Institute opened 

 at Bilbao on Tuesday, under the presidency of Sir David Dale. 

 Various papers were read, and in the evening a grand reception 

 was given by the municipal authorities in honour of the Institute. 



Information has been received through Reuter's agency of 

 the finding of an extensive gold-bearing quartz reef at Cape 

 Broyle, Newfoundland. The analysis shows nearly three ounces 

 of gold to the ton of quartz, and over one ounce of silver. The 

 barrels of quartz sent for analysis were taken at random. 



Dr. E. S. Holden announces in Scifiiee the following gifts 

 to the Lick Observatory ; — By Miss Caroline W. Bruce, of New 

 York City, a sum of money to procure a large comet-seeker, and 

 to provide photometers for visual use with the thirty-six-inch 

 equatorial ; by Mr. Walter W. Law, of Scarboro'-on-Hudson, 

 a liberal gift towards providing for the publication of the 

 Observatory Atlas of the Moon, mentioned in the Puhliiations, 

 vol. viii. p. 1 87. 



The forty-first annual exhibition of the Royal Photographic 

 Society is in course of preparation, and will be opened to the 

 public on Monday, September 28. On Saturday, Sejitember 

 26, there will be a private view, followed in the evening by a 

 conversazione, at which the President and Council will receive 

 the fellows, members, and their friends. The judges this year 

 in the technical section are Captain Abneyand Messrs. Chapman 

 Jones and Andrew Pringle. Exhibits must be delivered at the 

 Society's rooms, at 12 Hanover Square, not later than the morn- 

 ing of September 10. 



PARTicurARS of the Internatiunal Horticultural Exhibition 

 to be held in Hamburg, from May to September next, have now 

 come to hand. The Committee proposes: (i) a Permanent 

 Exhibition, out-of-doors and under cover, from the beginning 

 of May 1897, to the end of September, 1897 ; (2) a Spring 

 Exhibition, from May I until May 7, 1897 ; (3) a Special 

 Exhibition of plants, flowers, and vegetables, from May 30 

 until June 3, 1S97 ; (4) a Special Exhibition of plants, flowers, 

 and shrubs, from July 2 until July 6, 1897; (S) a S -cia 

 Exhibition of plants, flowers, and fruits of the season, uom 

 July 30 until .\ugust 3, 1897 ; (6) a general Autumn Exhibition 

 from August 27 until September 5, 1S97 ; (7) a general Fruit 

 Exhibition, from September 17 until September 30, 1897. 



The seventh annual general meeting of the Federated Institu- 

 tion of Mining Engineers is announced lo take place at Cardift 

 on September 15, 16, and 17. Some thirteen pa|iers are on the 

 agenda, and many excursions have been arranged. An invitation 

 has been given to the Federated Institution, among others, by 

 the Canadian Mining Institute, to hold a meeting in Montreal at 

 about the date of the meeting of the British Association in 

 Toronto next year ; but before replying, the Secretary of the 

 Institution is anxious to learn the names of those who may be 

 expected to be present on the occasion. 



