288 Obituary—Rev. W. H. Egerton. 
since formed as extending about a mile along the shore of the lake 
and a quarter of a mile distant from it. 
In 1835 Mr. Egerton entered the Church, and was Curate at Stoke- 
upon-Trent 1836-9, Rector of Malpas 1840-5, Vicar of Ellesmere 
1845-6, and finally Rector of Whitchurch in Shropshire for sixty- 
two years, having retired only two years ago. Until the end he 
held a Prebendal Stall in Lichfield Cathedral. 
Murchison, in his Szlurian System (1839, p. 23), acknowledges 
assistance from the Rev. W. H. Egerton in determining the boundary 
of the Lias on the borders of Cheshire and Shropshire. In 1844 
Professor Edward Forbes read before the Geological Society a ‘‘ Report 
on the Collection of Fossils from Southern India’’, presented by 
C. J. Kaye and the Rev. W. H. Egerton, who had personally obtained 
an extensive series of specimens from Pondicherry, Verdachellum, and 
Trichinopoli (Proc. Geol. Soc., iv, p. 325). 
While preserving a collection of fossils and retaining interest 
in local geology, the Rev. W. H. Egerton had devoted his energies 
to clerical and educational work. ‘‘ As Church dignitary, scholar, 
and educationist he was a Rector of whom to be proud, and Whit- 
church was fortunate indeed to have had the benefit of his spiritual 
guidance and goodly counsel for so many decades. Between him 
and his parishioners there always existed a mutual esteem, and the 
bond grew stronger with the passing years.” ' 
MISCHILUILANHOUS. 
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Sepewick Prize Essay.—The subject for the essay for the year 
1918 is ‘“‘On the Unconformities in the Mesozoic Strata of the 
Neighbourhood of Cambridge and their Significance”’. The essays are 
to be sent in to the Registrary on or before October 1, 1912. The 
prize is open to all graduates of the University who shall have resided 
sixty days during the twelve months preceding the day on or before 
which the essays must be sent in.—Morning Post, April 1, 1910. 
Tur Mrneran Waters oF Essex.—A full and interesting ‘‘ History 
of the Mineral Waters and Medicinal Springs of Essex” has been 
contributed by Mr. Miller Christy and Miss May Thresh to the Essex 
Naturalist (vol. xv, pts. vii and viii, issued 1910). The subject is 
of more geological than medical importance, as the authors state, 
‘‘Speaking generally, we may say that, with few exceptions, the 
reputed Essex Mineral Waters which we have analysed for the 
purpose of this investigation cannot be regarded as Mineral Waters 
at all. The few which may be rightly so classed owe such small 
medicinal properties as they possess almost entirely to the presence 
in them of magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts).” 
1 From the Chester Cowrant, March 23, 1910. 
