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of this Society in 1864. He was an officer of the Eoyal Artillery, 

 held various staff-appointments, and saw much service in India and 

 in Egypt. He died suddenly at Cape Town on October 24th, 1898. 



Chaeles Gould was a son of Dr. Gould, the well-known natura- 

 list. He was educated at the Eoyal School of Mines in 1854-56, 

 becoming Associate in Mining, Metallurgy, and Geology, and winning 

 the Duke of Cornwall's Scholarship in 1854, the Eoyal Scholarship 

 and the Edward Eorbes Medal in 1856. 



He joined the Geological Survey of England in 1857, about three 

 months after 1 had done so, and worked in the Weald, his notes 

 being incorporated in Topley's memoir on that tract. A year or 

 two later he left the English Geological Survey to join that of 

 Tasmania, on which country he pablished several Eeports and papers, 

 his work there ending about 1874 or 1875. 



Gould was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1859, and gave us 

 two papers on Eossil Crustacea. He died at Montevideo (Uruguay) 

 on April 15th, 1895, but no report of his death reached the officers 

 of this Society until lately. 



Haerison Haytee, Past President of the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers, was born on April 10th, 1825, near Falmouth, and was 

 educated at King's College, London. He had a varied experience 

 as an engineer in the construction of railways, of harbours, and of 

 docks in many countries. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1863, and died on 

 May 5th, 1898. A full account of his career will be found in 

 Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng. vol. cxxxiv (1898) pp. 391-394. 



John Sheaeso:n Hyland was the second son of Capt. John Hyland, 

 of Crosby, near Liverpool. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' 

 School, Crosby, and continued his studies at the evening classes of 

 University College, Liverpool. He was engaged in the office of a 

 Liverpool merchant for 4 years, and then gave up this work as 

 uncongenial, going to the University of Leipzig. There he studied 

 petrography under Zirkel, and took the degree of Ph.D. (in 1888) 

 and M.A. in JN^atural Science, with first-class honours, his thesis 

 for the former being an essay on the rocks of Kilimanjaro, based 

 on specimens brought back to Europe by Dr. H. Meyer. 



Hyland was then appointed petrologist to the Irish branch of 

 the Geological Survey, a post which he held for more than two 

 years, and during his residence in Dublin he continued his studies 

 at Trinity College. 



