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THE HALL. 
The bust of Forbes, which stands opposite to that of Sedgwick, 
is appropriately mounted on a pedestal of black marble from 
Castletown, in the Isle of Man (No. 205). 
Professor J. B. Jukes. — Cast from an original bust by 
Joseph Watkins. JJo. 8. 
J. Beete Jukes was one of the many Cambridge men who 
acquired an enthusiastic taste for geology from the spirited 
lectures of Professor Sedgwick. Mr. Jukes entered St. John’s 
College in 1830, having received his previous education at the 
Merchant Taylors’ School in Wolverhampton, and at King 
Edward’s School in Birmingham. Anxious to make geology his 
profession, he accepted in 1839 an appointment in Newfound- 
land, and devoted two years to the exploration of the island. 
In 1842 he published the results of his investigations in a work 
entitled “ Excursions in Newfoundland.” Soon after his return 
to England he was appointed naturalist to H.M.S. “ Fly.” The 
special object of the voyage which he then undertook, under 
Captain Blackwood, was to survey the great series of coral reefs 
wffiich form a barrier running along the north-eastern coast of 
Australia for upwards of a thousand miles in length. The 
narrative of this expedition was admirably written by Mr. J ukes. 
He had not been long home from this voyage before he received 
an appointment on the staff of the Geological Survey, with 
which he remained connected during the rest of his life. His 
work as a Government surveyor lay among the old rocks of 
North Wales and the coal measures of Staffordshire. A valuable 
memoir by Mr. Jukes on the Geology of the South Staffordshire 
coal-field was published in 1853. When the late Prof. Oldham 
left Dublin to take the superintendence of the Indian Survey, 
Mr. Jukes was appointed Director of the Irish branch of the 
Geological Survey. He was also Lecturer on Geology at the 
Royal College of Science in Dublin, and the author of some 
excellent educational works on geology. Mr. Jukes died on 
August 1st, 1869. His letters have been published, with a 
sketch of his life, by his sister Mrs. Browne. 
The bust is mounted on a pedestal of red granite from 
Trpwlesworthy, in Devonshire (No. 9). 
The Ludlam Collection. 
It was not originally intended that any part of the Mineral 
Collections of the Museum should be exhibited in the Hall ; 
but the acquisition of the Ludlam Collection, some years ago, 
rendered it necessary to modify this intention, inasmuch as no 
other part of the Museum offered sufficient space for the recep- 
tion of so large a collection. Accordingly, the visitor will now 
