230 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
OBITUARY.
Henry Mothersole, 1862-1936.—It is with the deepest
regret that we have to record the death, on 19th December
last, of Mr. Henry Mothersole, of Warren House, Chelmsford.
He had been a member of our Club since 1891 and a very
frequent attendant at our meetings. For more than twenty
years he was a member of Council and had, only a month
before his death, been appointed a Vice-President of the Club.
Members who took part in our visit to Chelmsford on 27th
April, 1929, will retain a vivid memory of the many and varied
treasures exhibited to us by Mr. and Mrs. Mothersole in their
home and no less of the very friendly welcome given by them to
our party. With the decease of Henry Mothersole our Club has
lost a most loyal friend and a striking, though unassuming,
personality.
Percy Thompson.
New Geological Maps.—The Geological Survey has just
issued a fine series of colour printed six-inch geological maps
of London and district, comprising 24 sheets. Of these eight
refer to Essex, and cover the ground from Woodford to the
Thames and from the river Lea to Goodmayes.
A very large amount of practical information is given, based
on records of well-borings and other past excavations : the maps
show not only the. superficial deposits but also the approximate
boundaries of the underlying "country rock." The thicknesses
of the various strata are given in feet and their depth below O.D.,
and the positions of former but now "buried" streams are
indicated.
The Essex maps have been placed in the Library of the
Stratford Museum, where they may be consulted by those
interested.