IN MEMORIAM : JOHN HENRY HOWARTH. 427 
established a high reputation in banking circles. His experience of 
administration was of great advantage to the Yorkshire Geological 
Society, in which organisation he was for many years a member of the 
Council; from 1902 to 1906, Hon. Treasurer; and in 1907 Hon. 
Secretary. A man of very wide social instincts and sense of duty, 
he took an active part in the public life of Halifax, where the last 
nineteen years of his life were spent, and of which town he was a 
magistrate. By the members of the Yorkshire Geological Society 
these manifold activities were regarded perhaps a little jealously, as 
they led to his more seldom appearance in the field, where, however, 
he was always a delightful companion, and we have memories of 
notable debates after the day's walking was finished in which he bore 
an energetic share, and which his soimd logical acumen, and his genial 
humour made veritable Noctes Ambrosianae. 
P. F. K. and H. E. W. 
