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work, and there were few professional woodsmen who could keep pace 

 with him through the dense forests. 



While geology was his work, mineralogy was his hobby, and he had 

 personally collected one of the best collections extant of British Columbia 

 rocks and minerals, which he had amplified with rarer and more unique 

 specimens acquired during a trip to Europe. 



His interests in science were varied. He was an energetic member of 

 the Natural History Society of British Columbia, being president of the 

 Society in 1912 and 1913, before which he read a number of papers, chiefly 

 on forestry and its conservation. 



He was also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 

 the Canadian Mining Institute, and the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers. 



Mr. Sutton's death is a great loss to scientific investigation in British 

 Columbia, where devotees to science are few, and it seems a great pity 

 that he was unable to leave more published records of his store of infor- 

 mation. 



MEMORIAL OF A. B. WILLMOTT 

 BY A. P. COLEMAN 



Arthur Brown Willmott, son of Rev. J. 0. Willmott, of Milton, On- 



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tario, passed away, after a long illness, on May 8, 1914, in his forty-eightb 

 year. He graduated from Victoria University, Cobourg, Ontario, in 1887, 

 taking his arts and science degrees at the same time. He attended 

 Harvard University in 1891, and became professor of chemistry and 

 mineralogy in McMaster University, Toronto, in 1892, continuing in that 

 position until 1900, when lie turned his attention to economic geology. 

 becoming field geologist and later manager of mines for the Lake Superior 

 corporation at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 



In 1893 he married Mina B. Sanders, daughter of W. B. Sanders, of 

 Stouffville, Ontario. 



Mr. Willmott was for some years in the employ of the Bureau of Mines 

 of Ontario, working in Precambriah areas. His greatest interest was in 

 the iron deposits of the Keewatin of Ontario, especially in the Michipi- 

 coten region, and he became a recognized authority on the difficult geo- 

 logical and economic problems of the region. 



In 1910 Mr. Willmott returned to Toronto to take up work as a con- 

 sulting mining engineer and to assume the active management of several 

 mining companies. In 1913 he was again connected with the Lake Su- 

 perior corporation in a consulting capacity, which position he held till 

 his death. 



