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Proceedings and also to our own Journal ; and he also wrote a little 

 book on the ' Geology of Stroud.' He took a verj^ active part in 

 promoting the formation of a local Museum and in the establish- 

 ment of schools for teaching science. He was elected a Fellow of 

 this Society in 18G1. 



Canon the Eev. A. H. Winnington- Ingram, who was elected a 

 Fellow of this Society in 1858, and contributed a short paper to our 

 Journal in 1879, resided at Harvington, near Evesham, and was 

 well known for his acquaintance with local geology and antiquities. 

 On the 6th March, 1887, he was seized with illness while performing 

 his clerical functions and died within a few hours. 



Among those engaged upon the geological exploration of our 

 colonies and dependencies we have had to dei3lore several serious 

 losses during the past year. 



First among these we must notice Sir Julius von Haast, so well 

 known for his important researches in the geology and natural 

 history of the South Island of New Zealand. He was born May 1st, 

 1824, at Bonn, and received his early education first in the gymna- 

 sium of his native town, and afterwards in that of Cologne. He 

 then entered upon a course of study at the Bonn University, 

 devoting especial attention to geology and mineralogy. Many of us 

 have heard him dwell on the happy times he spent in studying 

 under the guidance of Koggerath, von Dechen, and other naturalists 

 who have made the great University of Ehine-Prussia so famous. 

 To the last von Haast continued to maintain a correspondence with 

 some of the scientific men of Bonn, and he failed not to visit his 

 alma mater during what proved to be his last sojourn in Europe in 

 the summer of last year. 



After leaving the University, Dr. Haast spent some time in 

 travelling in France and other parts of Europe ; but in the year 

 1858 he accepted the offer of an English company to visit New 

 Zealand in order to report on the suitability of that colony as a field 

 for German emigrants. It so happened that Dr. Haast reached 

 New Zealand just at the same time as the Austrian surveying-ship 

 ' Novara ; ' and when Dr. von Hochstetter was induced by the Colonial 

 government to remain behind in order to study the geology of the 

 islands, he found in Haast a zealous and well-trained coadjutor. 



After the completion of this preliminary survey and the departure 

 of von Hochstetter, Dr. Haast accepted an offer from the govern- 

 ment of Nelson to examine the geology of that district, and his 



