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ber last, aged 73, bad practised his profession as a Solicitor for 

 many years, at first in partnership with his father. His interest in 

 Natural History, especially in the Araneidae, led to his co-opera- 

 tion when the establishment of this .Society was first mooted in 

 October, 1874; and he was elected the first Hon. Treasurer, 

 which position he held for five years. He was the last of the 

 eighty-five Foundation-Members, and had almost completed forty- 

 four years of Membership. He was also a member of the Ento- 

 mological Society of New South Wales; his paper on new species 

 of Stephcmopis, appeared in Vol. ii. of the Transactions (p.233). 

 Mr. Bradley contributed four papers to Vols. i. and ii. of the 

 Proceedings, two "On the Araneides of the 'Chevert' Expedi- 

 tion," "On some new Forms of Arachnidse," and "On a new- 

 Genus of Arachnidse." Thereafter, he still kept up his interest 

 in Spiders, but sent his collections to, and corresponded with, 

 specialists in Europe, especially the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, Dr. 

 L. Koch, and Prof. T. Thorell, of TJpsala, whose letters Mr. 

 Bradley carefully treasured. He was also interested in horti- 

 culture, as a hobby, and was very successful in hybridising species 

 of Hippeastrum. He had been Hon. Secretary of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Sydney for a long period; and, at the time of his 

 death, he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Austra- 

 lian Museum. It is with great regret that I record the loss of 

 one, not officially a biologist, who had been so long and so help- 

 fully identified with this Society or with other Institutions, 

 whose object it is to forward the study of Natural History. 



Mrs. Bradley has been so kind as to present to the Society Mr. 

 Bradley s set of the Proceedings (not quite complete), together 

 with Vols, i.-ii. of the second edition of Koch's "Arachniden 

 Australiens" [2 vols. Text; two vols. Plates (1871-1889)], Simon's 

 "Histoire Naturelle des Araignees" [2'"". edit,; T. i., 1-4; T. ii., 

 1-4 (1892-1903)], Thorell's "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani" 

 [Vols, i.-iii. (1877-87)], besides two minor papers — all welcome 

 additions to the Society's library; and, besides these, a number 

 of letters from Rev. O. P. Cambridge, Dr. Koch, and Prof. 

 Thorell. These will be taken care of, and made available to 

 Members interested in the groups t<» which the letters relate. 



