528 



Obituary — Mr. William Topky. 



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Yiew of au erect stem of SifjiUaiia, Coal-measiires, Valley of the Eoacli, 

 Eoclidale (from a pliotograph) ; 



lu illiistratiou of Sir Heury Hoi^-orth's letter {ante, p. 527). 



OBITTJJ^IRir. 



WILLIAM TOPLEY, F.R.S., F.G..S. 



We regret to record the death, ou the SOth September, of William 

 Topley, F.E.S., who was so long connected with the Geological 

 Survey. In our next Number we shall publish a short Memoir of 

 him, accompanied by a portrait. 



