84 The Irish Naturalist. July-Aug., 



" Flying Fox " was chartered for this purpose, and being 

 favoured by good weather he had a most successful trip. 

 A sole which he discovered proved new to science and was 

 named Solea Greenii after its discoverer.^ 



When an inspectorship of Irish Fisheries became vacant 

 about this time the Chief Secretary had little doubt that 

 the fittest man he could appoint to fill the vacancy was 

 Mr. Green. And as Inspector of Irish Fisheries he proved 

 a signal success and held the post for 25 years. 



During the year 1890 the Royal Dublin Society continued 

 the survey of the Irish fishing grounds in the south-west 

 and although Mr. Green had now to give most of his time 

 to his official duties he was always willing and anxious to 

 help the Society's Fishery Committee. The " Fingal " was 

 replaced in 1891 by the " Harlequin," and Mr. Green 

 continued to devote a good deal of his spare time to the 

 work of the Committee which was largely in the hands of 

 Prof. Haddon- and Mr. Holt. 



In the year 1892 Mr. Green was appointed a Commissioner 

 of the Congested Districts Board, an honorary post. His 

 profound knowledge of the people in particular the fishermen 

 of the west coast, proved to be of great advantage to the 

 Board. He held several other honorary appointments 

 and it may be mentioned incidentally that he was a Member 

 of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, and a member of the Alpine Club. 

 He was one of the very few on whom the distinction of the 

 honorary membership of the Royal Dublin Society w^as 

 conferred. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 

 1907. He was an admirable and most fascinating lecturer 

 who kept his audience spell-bound during his discourses 

 which were generally on the Rocky Mountains, New Zealand, 

 or the depths of the ocean. 



R. F. SCHARFF. 



^ Report of a deep-sea trawling cruise off the South-west Coast of 

 Ireland. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. iv., 1889. 



2 Survey of Fishing Grounds, West Coast of Ireland, 1890-91. Scient. 

 Proc. Royal Dublin Society (n.s.) vol. vii., 1891-92. 



