There are still many species of Entomostraca in Mr. Smith's collection not as yet (Nov., 1886) described and figure1 by Messrs. Jones and Holl. These I have not given. In the Feb. No. of the Geol. Mag, 1881, pp. 70-75. Prof. T. Rupert Jones gave a provisional list of the species, and there is also a brief account of Mr. Smith's method of preparation, and a full description of the 16 localities with the prevailing organisms found in each of the shale washings, which he so persistently searched for microzoa To these notes I refer the paleontological student with pleasure, knowing full well that he must profit by the perusal. COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS AND THE WEATHER OF 1885. ANON. Following a year of unexampled immunity from any serious loss of life, the year 1885 adds another to the list of excessive totals of deaths. The number of explosions recorded in the daily papers reached 16, against an average of 93 per annum for the five years ending 1855, and 32 for a similar period ending 1880. Of the number, 11 proved fatal, no less than 325 persons being killed, the only years exceeding this total being 1857, 1860, 1866, 1877, 1878, and 1880. The disasters involving loss of life were the following:―Jan. 9th, Airdrie, 1 death; February 21, Wigan, 2; March 2, Usworth, 41; April 8, Great Fenton, 6; June 18, Pendlebury, 179; June 20, Chesterton, 9; October 26, Darwen, 1; November 16, West Bromwich, 2; December, 23, Mardy, 82; Maesteg, 1; December 29, Wigan, 1. It will be seen that three of the explosions-Usworth, Pendlebury, and |
