144 Miscellaneous. 



His last year was spent mostly in Christiania, where, in spite of 

 much physical suffering — caused by a tramcar collision, which 

 confined biin to hospital for some time — he was working to the end.^ 



nycxsoELXi^^^riEOiTS. 



The New Director of the Geological Survey of India. — 

 Mr. C. L. Griesbach, C.I.E., F.G.S., who has filled with distinction 

 the office of Director of the Indian Geological Survey in Calcutta 

 since the resignation of Mr. King on 17th July, 1894:, retired under 

 the age limit on December 11th, 1902, and we learn with much 

 pleasure that Mr. T. H. Holland, Assoc. K.C.S., F.G.S., has just 

 been appointed to succeed him. Only in our February Number, 

 Mr, Holland contributed what may be without exaggeration 

 described as an epoch-making article " On the Constitution, Origin, 

 and Dehydration of Laterite," which is already attracting the 

 earnest attention of Indian and other geologists in this country. 



Thomas H. Holland received his scientific training in the Eoyal 

 College of Science, South Kensington, between 1885 and 1888. He 

 passed his examination as associate with honours, and was awarded 

 the Murchison Medal of the Royal College of Science in 1887. 



Mr. Holland joined the Geological Survey of India in 1890, and 

 was appointed Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the Presidency 

 College, Calcutta, in 1898. He has already contributed numerous 

 papers of high scientific value to the Eecords and Memoirs of the 

 Geological Survey of India, the Royal Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 

 the Mineralogical Magazine, the Geological Magazine, and the 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 



Mr. Holland has shown himself to be an acute and accurate 

 observer, both in the laboratory and in the field, and his con- 

 tributions to Mineralogy and Petrology contain careful work of 

 a very high order. His memoir on the Charnockite Series is 

 a classical contribution to the study of the Archeean rocks of 

 Southern India. 



His papers on the igneous eruptive rocks of Salem at Canoor and 

 the elceolite-syenites of Coimbator are also valuable contributions 

 which have added greatly to our knowledge of the crystalline rocks 

 of Peninsular India. 



Mr. Holland has been selected at the early age of 34 to fill the 

 important office of Director of the Geological Survey of India. 



We congratulate him on his promotion, and Government on 

 having obtained an energetic and reliable officer of such high 

 promise to fill this important post. Mr. Holland has our best 

 wishes for the success of his future career. 



Erratum : p. 94, last line but one, for Professor G. B. Fletcher read /. B. Hatcher. 



^ He wrote to the Editor at Christmas, offering him an article for the Geological 

 Magazine on the Geology of the Christiania district. 



