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he was President of the Palaeontographical Society. In May, 1905, on
attaining the age of sixty-five, he retired from the Geological Survey.
Newton was elected a honorary member of our Club in 1885 and
proved to be a very helpful one. Among the articles contributed by him
to the Essex Naturalist are the following:—
"Note on the Bones found in the Deneholes of Hangman's Wood,"
1887.
"Notes on the Remains of Pleistocene Mammals found in the
Neighbourhood of Chelmsford," 1896.
A "Note on Mammalian Remains found at Great Yeldham" 1896
Remarks on the osteological specimens found at Skitts Hill, Brain-
tree, 1900, and "The [so-called] Fossil Horse of Bishops Stortford,"
1912.
Until quite recent years, when he found it necessary to keep within
doors during the winter months, he was a constant attendant at the
Stratford meetings of the Club; and we owe him a special debt of gratitude
for the keen and active interest he displayed in the Forest Museum, where
he undertook to arrange, name and label the fossil exhibits.
In order to identify with exactitude the often fragmentary osseous-
remains submitted to him for his expert opinion, Newton formed a valuable
private collection of recent vertebrate bones, which included most, if not
all, of our living British vertebrates, and to this collection he was accus-
tomed to refer when appealed to for the identification of some doubtful
fragment. He also gathered together a large collection of the horns of
antelopes and other ungulates, with which trophies his house was every-
where adorned.
Those of us who were privileged to know Newton will cherish the
memory of a great scientist, modest and unobtrusive in his opinions, a
courteous personality, and a willing and helpful friend.
P. T.
THE JUBILEE COMMEMORATION MEETING.
Saturday, February 22nd, 1930.
AS the fiftieth birthday of the Club drew near, it was re-
cognised that some special commemoration of so impor-
tant an event in its history was called for. Older members
of the Council recalled the great happenings at the time of the
Coming of Age of the Club in 1901, and made the younger mem-
bers feel that it was incumbent on them at least to equal their
predecessors' efforts in the matter of a fitting celebration.
Accordingly, in October, 1929, the Council appointed a
Committee to consider the best means of commemorating the
occasion, such Committee consisting of the President, Miss G.
Lister, Messrs. Avery, Barns, Bestow, Harley and Thompson:
additional members co-opted to the Committee later were Mrs.