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NORTHERN NEWS. 
The Reverend Osmond Fisher, the well-known geologist, has just died, 
in his ninety-seventh year. 
The Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons, the inventor of the steam turbine, has 
received the Honorary Freedom of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
The Sixth International Congress of Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering 
and Economic Geology, will be held in London from July 12th to July 
17th, 1915. 
The Curator at the York Museum has tried the experiment of personally 
conducted tours, and has issued a syllabus covering the dates from August 
17th to 28th. 
Part XIV of Yorkshire Type Ammonites has been received, and deals 
with A. spicatus, D. impavidum, A. mutatus, A. ovatulus, A. gracilis, A. 
heptangularis. The usual good figures are also given. 
The 22nd Annual Report of the Library at Altrincham contains a 
reference to the work done at the museum, which is visited by school 
children, and in addition general lectures are given on subjects bearing 
on Museum work. 
American Humour. ‘ You do not speak to him ? ' ‘ No,’ replied 
the scholarly girl. ‘ When I passed him I gave him the geological survey/ 
‘ The geological survey ! ’ ‘ Yes. What is commonly known as the stony 
stare.’ — Washington Star. 
The Geological Society of London seems to be getting more and more 
into arrear with its published work. The list of geological literature added 
to its library during 1912 did not reach us until August 1914. This we 
suppose will be due to the recent change of librarian. 
The National Trust has issued its report for 1913, and it includes a 
remarkable record of the good work which this society has accomplished, 
and is still doing. The sketch map published with the report shows 
clearly the enormous extent of its work in preserving ancient monuments. 
We take the following from a recent issue of the Yorkshire Post, aad 
trust that things are not quite what they seem with regard to this report : — 
‘ The pigs were a grand lot, the Duchess of Anglesey was first and second 
in the class for first sow any age in pig or in milk, the Duke of Portland 
being third.’ 
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has issued its Annual Report 
and Proceedings under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts for the 
year 1913. This contains a valuable record of the freshwater fisheries 
of various parts of the country, and is sold at the absurdly low price of 1 id. 
Accompanying the report is a valuable map showing the districts defined 
under the various acts. 
One by one the alleged evidences of the existence of very early man 
in this country seem to be disappearing. The famous Elephant Trench 
at Dewlish, which for half-a-century has been considered by some author- 
ities to have been an artificial trap for elephants, has now been excavated 
by the Dorset Field Club. Instead of ending below on a definite floor, 
it divided downwards into a series of deep pipes in the chalk. It has 
therefore been demonstrated that the trench is natural. 
We much regret to find that an illustrated ornithological note which 
appeared in our August number has also appeared practically word for 
word, in another journal issued on the same date. No note is so import- 
ant that it is worthy of being printed in two journals at once. Scientific 
magazines of any standing usually have difficulty in printing all that is 
sent to them, and this duplication is alike unfair to the publishers and to 
the public. Will our contributors kindly note that any paper sent to us 
must not be sent to another source. 
Naturalist, 
