May 28, I860.] OBITUARY.— BARON MELVILL. 135 



splendid work in folio, edited by Mr. Thomas "Wright, and illus- 

 trated by Mr. Fairholt. 



Towards the close of 1848 his Lordship visited 'Greece and Italy, 

 and in the following year printed his tour, under the title of 



* Wanderings in Search of Health :' a volume containing much 

 information and well-told personalad ventures. 



Baroti Peter Melvill van Carnbee was born 20th May, 1816. 

 He received his naval education at the late Eoyal Naval Institution 

 at Medemblik. In 1835, when a midshipman, he made a voyage to 

 the East Indies, and having returned to the Netherlands in 1838, 

 was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and proceeded once more to 

 the East Indies, where he remained until 1845, being engaged in 

 the Surveying Office of East Indian Hydrography. He then came 

 back from the East Indies to Holland in charge of the Overland 

 Mail. In the year 1850 he sailed again for the East Indies, and 

 was promoted to First Lieutenant, and elected Secretary of the 

 East Indian Hydrographical Office. In October, 1856, he was pro- 

 moted to Captain-Lieutenant, and died at Batavia in the fortieth 

 year of his age. 



Baron Melvill took little active part in surveying, but devoted 

 himself to the study and compilation of the surveys of former and 

 recent naval officers, and constructed from them charts and sailing 

 directions. In this work his industry and intelligence were soon 

 manifested, and the following are some of the more important works 

 published by him : — 



* Seaman's Guide Round Java,' which has been translated into the English 

 language, and ' Le Moniteur des Indes,' by Melvill and Siebold, in 4 vols. The 

 charts compiled by him are — ' Passages between Simiatra and Borneo, with 

 Riour, Singapore,' &c., * The North Part of the said Chart with Anambas and 

 Natuna Islands,' ' Chart of the Island of Java, and Passao;es Pound Java,' in 

 5 sheets, ' Charts of the Strait of Macassar and of the Islands east of Java,' 

 by Melvill and Smit. In addition to these he has constructed and published 

 many small maps, the principal of which are, ' Carte Ge'nerale des Possessions 

 Neerlandaises aux Indes Orientales, 1846,' ' Carte de I'lle de Celebes, 1848,' 



♦ Carte de I'lle de Java, 1847,' ' Carte de I'lle de Sumatra, 1848.' The latest 

 work on which he was engaged, was the ' Algemeene Atlas van Neerland's 

 Cost Indie.' His life was not spared to allow of his publishing more than 12 

 sheets, and the completion of this atlas will have to be effected by others. 



He was a member of many Societies, an'd regret for the loss of 

 this distinguished and amiable man is not confined to his personal 

 friends, but is shared by naval men and Geographers, who must 

 feel greatly indebted to him for the light he has thrown on the 

 Hydrography of the East Indian Archipelago. 



