480 Obituary — William Anderson. 



In June, 1900, Mr. Anderson acted as one of the examiners in 

 Mineralogy and Geology at the Cape Town University. 



His second report appeared in 1904 with a continuation of the 

 Geology of Zululand and a " Report on the Stormberg Coal-measures 

 to the West of Molteno " with Palseontologieal Reports by Messrs. 

 Seward and Etheridge. 



The third and final report appeared in 1907, embracing work 

 accomplished 1903-5. Of this period upwards of seven months 

 (1903-4) were spent in Europe on literary work. In the early part 

 of 1903 he was a member of the Building Stones Commission, 

 instituted by Lord Milner to investigate the distribution and quality 

 •of building stones of South Africa. This last report contains an 

 important article on the "Cretaceous Rocks of Natal and Zululand" ; 

 another, the discovery in the latter territory of " Marine Fossiliferous 

 Rocks of Tertiary Age containing Mammalian Remains " ; and lastly 

 the " Geology of the Drakensberg Mountains". A large portion of 

 the volume is taken up with palseontological articles by Drs. R. Broom 

 and A. S. Woodward, Professor W. B. Scott, Mr. G. E. Crick, and 

 the writer. It is important to note the date of publication of this 

 final report, as Mr. Anderson had already left the Natal Service, 

 resigning his appointment in September, 1905. 



After a brief interval he joined the well-known and wealthy firm 

 of Eckstein & Co., mine-owners and financiers of Johannesburg, as 

 mining adviser. In this capacity Anderson continued until some time 

 in 1913, when from failing health he was advised to leave South 

 Africa, and accordingly returned to his home in Edinburgh. During 

 the period of his connexion with this firm there appeared his " Notes 

 on the General Geology of the Waterberg District ", etc., read before 

 the Geological Society of South Africa in 1910, and previous to this 

 a joint communication by Professor G. H. Stanley and himself on 

 il The Intimate Relations between Archaeology and Geology in South 

 Africa", etc., was read before the same Society in 1909. The 

 Edinburgh climate proved too severe after his long residence abroad, 

 and acting on further advice he visited New South Wales, his first 

 love, and took up his residence in Sydney, June, 1913. Mr. Anderson 

 occupied his time in making occasional short geological excursions to 

 the other States, one in particular to King Island, Bass' Strait. 

 Here he investigated the sand-rock containing extinct marsupial 

 remains. The result of his observations appeared in the Records of 

 the Australian Museum, 1914. 



At the beginning of the present year it became evident to his 

 friends here that his health was rapidly declining, and after a very 

 brief final illness he passed away on May 30 from cerebral haemorrhage 

 in his 56th year. 



Mr. Anderson was a minute and accurate observer, a pertinacious 

 man, of reserved demeanour except to a few of his most intimate 

 acquaintances. To them he was of a genial disposition, possessed of 

 a fund of quiet dry humour, and was a staunch and generous friend. 



R. Etheridge, jvn. 

 Sydney, New South Wales. 

 August, 1915. 



