076 Obituary—Sir James Hector, KOM. G. 
THE ZONES OF THE CHALK. 
Sir,—In June last you kindly inserted a ‘notice on the discovery 
of Uintacrinus Chalk in the neighbourhood of Orpington, Kent. 
Following up my researches, I am. pleased to say I have been 
successful in tracing this zone and the succeeding one of Marsupites 
in Holwood Park, Keston, the residence of Lord Derby; and a few 
weeks ago, in an overgrown pit at Fox Lane, Keston, I discovered the 
junction bed of the Mcraster cor-anguinum and Uintacrinus Chalk. 
I hope ere long to give the results of further work in this area and — 
the fauna obtained therefrom. G. E. Distey. 
SYDENHAM, S.E. 
November 18th, 1907. 
OBITUARY. 
SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., M:D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 
Born 18384. Dirp NovEeMBER, 1907. 
WE regret to record the death of Sir James Hector, late Director of 
the Geological Survey of New Zealand and Chancellor of the University 
of New Zealand. Born in Edinburgh in 1834, he was educated at 
the University in that city, and took the degree of M.D. in 1856. 
In the following year he was chosen, through the influence of Sir 
Roderick Murchison, as surgeon, geologist, and naturalist to accompany 
Captain John Palliser’s exploring expedition to the central parts of 
British North America. He then made important ethnological and 
geographical observations, discovered the pass by which the Canadian 
Pacific Railway now crosses the Rocky Mountains, and afterwards 
published an important paper on the geology of Lake Superior. 
In 1861, by Murchison’s recommendation, he was appointed geologist 
to the Provincial Government of Otago, New Zealand, and thenceforth 
devoted his energies to that country. He became Director of the 
Geological Survey in 1865, and held the post until 1903. He was 
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1866, and was created 
K.C.M.G. in 1887. As a geologist his principal works include 
Reports on the Coal Deposits, on the Geology of Otago and other 
parts of New Zealand, and a geological sketch-map of the Islands. 
The volcanic phenomena and thermal springs, the fossil birds and 
reptiles, and the recent zoology and botany of New Zealand likewise 
engaged his attention. He was awarded the Lyell Medal by the 
Council of the Geological Society in 1877. 
MISCHLUIUAN HOUS. 
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Tae Gerotogicat CoLLEction oF THE LATE JoHN Francis WALKER, 
M.A., F.LS., F.LC., F.C.S., F.G.8.—Having regard to the great 
value of Mr. J. F. Walker’s collection of Brachiopoda and its 
importance to men of science, Mrs. Walker and her son, Mr. Gelson 
Walker, have decided to present it to the Trustees of the British 
Museum. (See obituary in August Number, p. 380.) 
