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an important paper on * The Southern Limit of the Nottingham- 

 shire Coalfield ' to the Institution of Mining Engineers, A firm 

 believer in the value of Applied Geology, he strongly urged that 

 the information obtained in underground explorations should 

 become common property, and geologists could always rely on his 

 ready help and influence. He was elected a Eellow of this Society 

 in 1901. [W. G.] 



Aethue Longbo'itom was educated at Bradford Grammar School 

 and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1905. 

 In 1906 he joined the staff of the Imperial Institute, and between 

 that year and 1909 accompanied Dr. Falconer on three expeditions 

 to Northern Nigeria, in connexion with the Mineral Survey of that 

 Protectorate. He proved himself an enthusiastic worker, a keen 

 observer, an able organiser, a pleasant companion, and a trusty 

 friend. He traversed alone the greater part of the provinces 

 of Borgu and Yola, and the results of his observations are in- 

 corporated under his initials in Dr. Falconer's ' Geology and 

 Geography of Northern Nigeria.' During the winter of 1909-10^ 

 Mr. Longbottom attended the Royal School of Mines, with the 

 intention of qualifying as a mining engineer. In 1910 he returned 

 to Northern Nigeria on behalf of a private syndicate, to carry out 

 a detailed survey of a tin-concession on the Bauchi plateau. The 

 arduous journey up country in the rainy season resulted in an 

 attack of dysentery, from which he continued to suffer after his 

 arrival at the Bauchi Iliver. He died at Naraguta in November 

 1910, to the great regret of all who knew him, and especially of all 

 his fellow-workers in that land which has claimed the lives of so 

 many pioneers. [J. D. F.] 



During the past year the Geological Society has carried into 

 effect the resolution passed at a Special General Meeting on 

 January 25th, 1911, namely, ' That the space now occupied by the 

 Museum be made available for the extension of the Library.* 



After prolonged consideration the Society decided to retain only 

 a few specimens, to present its British specimens to the Museum 

 of Practical Geology at Jermyn Street, and to give all the others 

 to the British Museum (Natural History), South Kensington. In 

 accordance with the resolutions passed at the Special General 

 Meeting held on June 14th, 1911, the Council communicated with 



