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In December, 1903, and January, 1904, as part of the programme carried 

 out by the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada, under the charge of 

 Dr. Otto Klotz, to determine trans-Pacific longitudes, Mr. King observed 

 at Wellington, in conjunction with Dr. Klotz at Doubtless Bay, to ascer- 

 tain the difference of longitude between these two places. 



Mr. King took great interest in the Wellington Philosophical Society, 

 of which he was President at the time of his death. He was elected as 

 a member of the Council of the Society for 1881-85 ; Auditor, 1891-1904 ; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, 1904-9 ; Vice-President, 1910-14 ; and President, 

 1914-16. In 1910 he was elected an honorary life member in recognition of 

 his services to the society. 



Mr. King was the author of a valuable paper, " On New Zealand Mean 

 Time, and on the Longitude of the Colonial Observatory, Wellington ; 

 with a Note on the Universal Time Question " (Trans. N.Z. hist., vol. 35, 

 1903, pp. 428-51). He was elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Astronomical 

 Society in 1910, and was also a member of the Societe Astronomique de 

 France. 



He died on Thursday, the 16th March, 1916, at Wellington. 



C.E.A. 



