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NORTHERN NEWS. 
We are pleased to note that our contributor, Mr. W. N. Cheesman, of 
Selby, has been elected a Justice of the Peace. 
The greater part of the collection of rock specimens obtained during the 
voyage of the ‘ Beagle’ in 1831-6, has recently been housed in the Sedgwick 
Museum at Cambridge, and Mr. A. Harker, M.A., F.R.S.,givesa description 
of them in the March ‘ Geological Magazine.’ 
We regret to record the death of Miss Caroline Birley, formerly of Man- 
chester. She was an exceptionally keen collector of fossils, and had a large 
collection. She regularly attended the meetings and excursions of the 
Geological Section of the British Association. 
In the Annals of Scottish Natural History, for January, Dr. J. W. H. 
Trail appeals for a ‘Natural History Society of Scotland.’ The same 
journal contains a note “On the occurrence of the Siberian Chiff-Chaff in 
Scotland: a new bird to the British fauna,’ by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke. 
Our contributor, Mr. T. Petch, who recently received an appointment in 
Ceylon, favours us with a reprint of an elaborate paper on ‘ The Fungi of 
Certain Termite Nests,’ which appeared in the ‘ Annals of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens,’ Peradeniya. It is illustrated by several very excellent plates. 
The Grimsby Corporation is considering the question of the adoption of 
the Museums and Gymnasiums Act, under which a penny rate may be 
adopted for the purpose of maintaining a Museum, ete. In this way it ‘is to 
be hoped that the useful collection belonging to the Grimsby Naturalists’ 
Society, may become public property. 
On February 24th the members of the Yorkshire Geological Society 
eir late Hon. Secretary, the Rev. W. Lower Carter, at the 
Hotel Metropole, Leeds. Prof. P. F. Kendall presided, and there was a 
representative body of Yorkshire Geologists present. Mr. Carter was the 
recipient of an illuminated address, a petrological microscope, a set of slides 
of typical rock sections, a library table, and a geological hammer. To Mrs. 
Carter the members had presented a set of furs. 
On the ‘ Geological Section’ at the back of the elaborate Menu prepared 
+n connection with the dinner given to the Rev. W. L. Carter recently, the 
following names occured as typical ‘fossils’ in the beds shewn :—Szrcartera 
cammeri, Semicosmophyllum onlyjohnsit, Clevelandia nonsubmergis, Forni- 
cula odorata, Cotsworthia cosmogonica, Muffia turritissima, Howarthrus 
scribibundus, Pastoria perpredatoria, Neupotatorella statheri, Monaspee- 
tonia Bridlingtonensis ( V. Zambesii), Dwerryhousia pototilensis, Cashia 
nummis (V. nobilissimus), and Bingleya camerophora. The ‘fundamental 
rock’ was shewn as Latina cantina, and when this is borne in mind it may 
be possible to identify most of the ‘ fossils’ enumerated, 
Invitations have already been issued in connection with the meeting of 
the British Association to be held at Leicester from July 31 to August 7th 
The Association has not previously met at Leicester. Sir David 
Gill, K.C.B., LE2D., is;the President-elect, and the following presidents 
of sections have been appointed :—Section A. Mathematical and Physical 
Science, Prof. A. E. H. Love, F.R.S.; Section B. Chemistry, Prof. A. 
Smithells, F.R.S.; Section C. Geology, Prof. J. W. Gregory, HoRoo-1; 
Section D. Zoology, W. E. Hoyle, D.Sc. ; Section E. Geography, GAG. 
Chisholm, M.A., B.Sc. ; Section F. Economic Science and Statistics, 
Prof. W. J. Ashley, M.A. ; Section G. Engineering, Prof. S. P. Thompson, 
F.R.S.; Section H., Anthropology, D. G. Hogarth, M.A.; Section I. 
Physiology, A. D. Waller, M.D., F.R.S., Section K. Botany, Prof. J. B. 
Farmer. F.R.S.; Section L. Educational Science, Sir Philip Magnus, 
B.Sc., M.P. 
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