432 Obituary — Miscellaneous. 



I think, end in only unnecessary friction, a result such as would be 

 expected were a geologist to insist on the controllers of the asbestos 

 industry in Canada labelling their goods ' fibrous serpentine ' or 

 ' chrysotile '. 



J. B. SCRIVENOK. 

 Batu Gajah, 

 Federated Malay States. 

 July 4, 1909. 



OBITTJ-A.I?,-2-. 



EDWARD DELMAR MORGAN. 



Born 1840. Died May 18, 1909. 



Born at Stratford, in Essex, in 1840, Mr. Morgan was well known 

 as an ardent geographer who had travelled much in Bussia, in Persia, 

 Central Asia, in the Congo region, and East Africa. Eor many years 

 he was a resident in St. Petersburg. Since returning to England he 

 lived at 15, Boland Gardens, S.W., and at Effingham House, Copthorne 

 Crawley. Here he undertook the duties of Honorary Secretary of the 

 Hakluyt Society, and edited volumes of Early Voyayes to Madayascar 

 and the Mascarene Islands (with notes on the extinct birds the Dodo 

 and Solitaire) ; also of Travels in Russia and Persia. He was elected 

 a Fellow of the Boyal Geographical Society in 1869, and had served 

 on the Council. — Geoyraphical Journal, July, 1909. 



JOSEPH FREDERICK WHITEAVES, LL.D., F.G.S., ETC. 



Born December 26, 1835. Died August 8, 1909. 



We regret to record the death at Ottawa, in his 74th year, of 

 Dr. "Whiteaves, Palaeontologist, Zoologist, and Assistant Director to 

 the Geological Survey of Canada. In October, 190&, we published in 

 the Geological Magazine a full account up to that date of the life 

 and work of Dr. Whiteaves, together with a portrait. He continued 

 his researches on palseontological and zoological subjects until the 

 close of his life, and we are glad to add that he was awarded the Lyell 

 Medal by the Council of the Geological Society in 1907. 



3yCISOElIL.IL..A.l^EO"CrS. 



University College, Dublin. — Under the Irish Universities Act 

 of 1908 the Dublin Commissioners advertize appointments to be made 

 to the various professorships. The differences in the stipends are 

 remarkable. Experimental Physics is estimated to be of the value of 

 £800 a year, Chemistry £750, Zoology £600, and Geology £500. 



