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Profkssor J. W. GREGORY, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 Dr. GEORGE J.'HINDE, F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 8ir THOMAS H. HOLLAND, K.C.I E., A.R.C.S., D.Sc, F.R.S , Vice-Pres. 

 Dr. JOHN EDWARD MARE, M.A., Sc.D. (Camb.), F.R.S., F.G.S. 

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JULY, 1917. 



OONTEITTS. 





I. Original Articles. Page 

 Eminent Living Geologists : Dr. 

 Alfred Barker, M.A., F.B.S., 



Pres. G.S. (Plate XVIII.) 289 



Cretaceous Mollusca, New Zealand. 

 By C. T. Truchmann, M.Sc, 



F.G.S. (Plates XIX, XX.) 294 



Tertiary Dykes of the Clyde Area. 

 By G. W. Tyrrell, A.B.C.Sc, 

 F.G.S. , Lecturer in Mineralogy, 

 Glasgow University. (With Text- 

 figure.) 305 



II, Notices of Memoirs. 

 The Oilfields of Egypt. By Dr. 



W.F.Hurne,A.B.S.M.,F.B.S.E. 315 

 The Lenham Sandstones of Kent. 



By B. Bullen Newton, F.G.S. 



Part II (conclusion) 320 



III. Beviews. 

 P. A. Wagner : South African 



Geology ? 326 



E.S. Simpson, F.C.S.: Bocks, etc., . 



West Australia -.. 327 



Beviews (continued). Page 



J. Watson : British and Foreign 



Marbles .. 328 



Jorgen 0. Nomland : Pliocene of 



Mid- California 328 



Eugbr School Nat. Hist. Soc 329 



T. W. A. Cockerell : New Tertiary 



Insects 329 



Annual Beport on South Australian 



Geology 329 



IV. Beports and Proceedings. 

 Geological Society of London — 



May 16,1917 330 



June 6 331 



V. Obituary. . 



Dr. Eobert Bell, F.B.S 334 



Professor T. McKenny Hughes, 



M.A., F.B.S 334 



Lieutenant H. T. Kennedy, B.A., 



F.G.S 335 



Upfield Green, F.G.S 336 



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