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an excellent paper on the ' Red Chalk of England.' Mr. Wiltshire 

 remained President of the Association from 1859 to 1862, and was 

 re-elected to the same office from 1871 to 1873. In January 1862 

 he read a second paper to the Association, ' On the Ancient Mint- 

 Implements of Yorkshire, & the Modern Fabrication of Similar 

 Specimens.' 



His friend Bowerbank relinquishing the Secretaryship of the 

 Palaeontographical Society in 1863, Mr. Wiltshire was appointed 

 in his stead. He held the office of Secretary until 1899, a period 

 of thirty-six years. He was also elected Secretary of the Ray 

 Society in 1872, and continued to hold that post up to the time 

 of his death. On his retirement from the Secretaryship of the 

 Palaeontographical Society, the two Societies presented him with an 

 illuminated address, his portrait in oils, and a cheque. 



Prom his first home in Brompton he removed with his family to 

 the Rectory, Bread Street Hill, E.G., in 1864. There he remained 

 until about 1869, when, on its demolition for City improvements, 

 he migrated to Lewisham, where he resided up to his death. 

 Prom 1872 to 1880 he acted as Lecturer in Geology for Prof. 

 Tennant at King's College. In 1880 he filled the office of Dean 

 for Evening Instruction ; on Tennant's death in 1881 he was 

 appointed Assistant-Professor, and in 1890 Professor of Geology 

 and Mineralogy, a post which he held until 1896. when, upon his 

 retirement, he was duly elected a Fellow and Emeritus Professor of 

 King's College. 



Mr. Wiltshire was elected one of the Honorary Secretaries of 

 this Society in 1874, an office which he filled until 1878. In 1882 

 he was elected Treasurer to this Society, a post which he continued 

 to hold until 1895, a period of thirteen years. 



After Mr. Wiltshire ceased his geological work, he spent his 

 vacations in visiting Algiers, Iceland, Norway, and the Swiss Alps. 

 In Switzerland, indeed, he spent several of his long summer- 

 vacations. On four occasions he went to North America, visiting 

 Canada, the United States, the Yellowstone Park, and the Rocky 

 Mountains. On April 27th, 1899, the University of Cambridge 

 conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor in Science. 



The Rev. Dr. Wiltshire performed the service, and delivered his 

 last Sunday-evening lecture at St. Clement's, Eastcheap, on October 

 26th, 1902, returning home cheerfully to supper, his duty ended. 

 The. same night he passed quietly away, after a busy life of 

 76 years. [H. W.] 



