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century; while it cannot be denied that he enjoyed exceptional 

 advantages in •working in regions bnilt on a large scale and of notable 

 simplicity of structure, nevertheless it needed a broad grasp of 

 principles and great powers of generalization to formulate the 

 laws of geological processes and their results which will ever be 

 associated with his name. Not only in America, but throughout the 

 world, his influence has made itself felt, and his death removes one 

 of the outstanding figures of the geology of our time. 



J. P. JOHNSON. 

 Born 1880. Died October 18, 1918. 



J. P. Johnson was born in London, 1880, and died in Johannesburg, 

 October 18, 1918. He was educated at Dulwich College and the 

 Koyal School of Mines. He made many important discoveries in the 

 Pleistocene geology of the South of England, the results being 

 published in the Essex Naturalist, the Proceedings of the Geologists' 

 Association, and in the columns of this Magazine. 



Considerations of health compelled him in 1902 to leave England 

 for South Africa, and in this virgin field his early training stood him 

 in good stead, and numerous works and papers testify to the good 

 work he accomplished; the most important being: The Mineral 

 Industry of Rhodesia, The Ore Deposits of South Africa, Geological 

 and Archaeological Notes on Orangia, The Stone Implements of South 

 Africa, and The Prehistoric Period in South Africa ; two editions have 

 been published of the last two. He was a member of the Council of 

 the Geological Society of South Africa, and was appointed by the 

 South African Government a member of the Commision to report on 

 the petroglyphs and rock-paintings of South Africa. 



MISCELLAISTEOUS. 



Post-War Honours. 



His Majesty the King has been pleased to confer upon Dr. Aubrey 

 Strahan, F.E.S., Director of H.M. Geological Survey, the title of 

 " Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British 

 Empire, established in 1917, for services rendered to the kingdom 

 whether at home or abroad". Every geologist will congratulate 

 Sir Aubrey Strahan on this well-merited recognition of his own 

 personal labours and that of his admirable staff of co-workers, who 

 have contributed so largely to our increased scientific knowledge of 

 geology, both stratigraphically and economically, not only within the 

 British Isles, but beyond; many members of the Survey having 

 joined our Forces abroad. 



Diamonds, South Africa. 



A telegram from South Africa announces the discovery of a large 



diamond at the Jagersfontein Mine, in the southern portion of the 



Orange Free State. The new diamond weighs 888J carats, and is 



therefore small in comparison with such, great gems as the Cullinan 



