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that the main argument of their opponents was that it did not because 

 it could be demonstrated that it could not, a view which I consider 

 erroneous. R. M. Deeley. 



JlELBOtTRNE House, 



OSMASTON KOAD, DeRBY. 



THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Sir, — Referring to the letters of Dr. Davison and Mr. Hobson, 

 would not the case be fully met, in the circumstance of the author not 

 being present at the reading of his paper, if the Assistant Secretary- 

 were to send the author a copy of the abstract containing the discussion 

 with a request that he would return any reply he might wish to make 

 to be inserted as a postscript in the Quarterly Journal ? I have myself 

 been permitted to avail myself of this privilege in the case of my paper 

 on the " Dewlish Elephant Trench " (vol. Ixi, 1905), and can appreciate 

 its sufficiency. If the author is present there is no hardship, for if his 

 cause is a good one he can strengthen it by replying to his critics there 

 and then, and his reply will appear in the Journal. 0. Fisher. 



April 3, 1909. 



OBITXJ^^E,-5r. 



FREDERICK GEORGE HILTON PRICE, F.S.A., F.G.S. 



Born August 20, 1842. Died March 14, 1909. 



"VVe regret to record the death of Mr. Hilton Price, Director of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, who, while distinguished as an archaeologist, 

 had also rendered important services to geological science. In 

 1860, at the age of 18, he entered the banking house of Messrs. 

 Child & Co., Temple Bar, and eventually became head acting 

 partner. With an intimate knowledge of business, of wide culture, 

 possessed of a fine presence and of genial disposition, he was equally 

 welcome on the council of the Bankers' Institute or on that of 

 a learned society. 



To the Geologists' Association in early years he gave much time 

 and attention, and carried out the duties of treasurer from 1875 to 

 1881. He joined the Geological Society in 1872, and served on 

 the Council for a short period in 1878-9. In later years his time, 

 apart from business, was much occupied in archaeological pursuits, 

 including Egyptology and numismatics. 



. In his work upon the Gault Mr. Price was intimately associated 

 with Mr. J. Starkie Gardner, F.G.S., and for many years they subsidized 

 Grifiiths, the well-known Folkestone collector, and made rich collections 

 of the very finest Gault fossils. Mr. Gardner's collection was acquired 

 by the British Museum, and Mr. Price's by his friend Mr. Hudleston, 

 of which it still forms an integral part. 



To geologists Mr. Price is best known through his detailed 

 researches on the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Gault ^ of 

 Folkestone. He divided the formation into eleven zones, excluding 



