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which be was connected, in the majority of cases as an officer, 

 would occupy considerable space. It may, however, be men- 

 tioned thai he was elected F.R.M.S. in 1879, the same year 

 in which ho joined this Club, had served on the Council and 

 a> a Vice-President, and was the Treasurer of the Society at 

 the time of his death. 



.Mr. Vc/.ry's interests were not, however, confined to scientific 

 or literary channels, for as a devoted Churchman he took an 

 active interest in ecclesiastical affairs, was a member of the 

 London and Rochester Diocesan Conferences, and has been a 

 churchwarden of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East for the past eight 

 years. He was also bound up with numerous philanthropic 

 and charitable schemes, including the Miller Hospital and Royal 

 Kent Dispensary, of which he was a governor. In short, his 

 strong commonsense and keen business faculties won recognition 

 wherever a versatile nature led him, and many widely separated 

 circles w r ill mourn the loss of a common friend and adviser. 



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