Whilst the basis of the prosperity of a country is admittedly agriculture, its industrial growth is founded on mineral resources, and its participation in the world's markets is chiefly dependent on the extent to which these raw materials can be applied to home manufactures.

At Christmas, 1917, I had the privilege, owing to the kindness of the Hon. Mr. W. W. Hornell, of a short visit into Southern Sikkim, during which I observed glacial striation at a lower level than has been previously recorded in the Himalaya. This occurrence is the more worthy of record since striated rock-surfaces are reported as scarce or absent from the Eastern Himalaya even at much higher levels. For courteous help and the use of the library of the Geological Survey of India I am indebted to Dr. H. H. Hayden, and references to some of the literature I owe to him and also to Mr. E. W. Vredenburg.

A Careful examination of four fossil millipedes from the Middle Coal-measures of Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale, three preserved in the Manchester Museum and one in Mr. H. Howard's private collection, has revealed some striking features which seem to justify a re-description of the whole material.

In dissenting from Dr. C. T. Trechmann's procedure in rejecting the name of Clavigera for certain New Zealand Mesozoic Spirigerids and proposing the new name of Hectoria instead, I would like first to express the appreciation of New Zealand geologists for the painstaking work of Dr. Trechmann on the Trias of New Zealand.

Many unsolved problems still remain in connexion with Devonshire geology, and there is no more interesting area in the county than that surrounding the Dartmoor granite mass. The investigation of this part of Devonshire has not been completed by the Geological Survey, and most of the northern margin of the Moor remains undescribed.1 During 1914, 1915, and 1916 the writer at intervals spent a good deal of time in studying the metamorphosed sediments on the north side of the Moor, and although he left England with his investigations incomplete this brief account of the results obtained will, it is hoped, be of service, if only as an indication of what is to be found.