his residence in Auckland he collected actively, and possessed a 

 good knowledge of the local fauna. Transference to the Melbourne 

 office opened for him a wider intellectual horizon, which he much 

 appreciated. He attended the science courses at the Technical 

 College and became an active member of the various scientific 

 societies. At the excursions of the Field Naturalists his was 

 a, prominent and popular figure. In the Royal Society he rose to 

 be a member of council. His artistic abilities were at the dis- 

 posal of his friends, and he illustrated various papers by Messrs. 

 Prif chard and Gatliff. Conchology and geology were at first his 

 favourite subjects, but wdien Mr. T. S. Hall pointed out to him 

 that these sciences had their devotees, while the Crustacea lacked 

 a local student, he turned his energies to carcinology and worked 

 steadily at it for the rest of his life. In 1902 he enjoyed extended 

 official leave and re-visited England. The British carcinologists, 

 who recognised the merit of his work and its future promise, 

 gave him cordial greeting. He studied the Australasian Crus- 

 tacea at the British Museum and made voluminous notes thereon. 

 In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Societ}'" of London. 

 Shortly after his return to Australia the Bank transferred him 

 to Sydney. At once he took an active share in our scientific 

 life, was elected member September 30th, 1 903, and on the death 

 of Mr. Trebeck succeeded to the vacant seat on the Council. In 

 1904 he helped to organise an expedition to examine t' e fanna of 

 the Great Barrier Reef, and with the assistance of Mr. A. R. 

 McCulloch presented to the Society a report on the Crustacea of 

 Mast Head Island. At the time of his death he was busy with 

 a second collection from the Barrier. He accompanied two deep- 

 sea dredging expeditions. His report on the first is incorporated 

 in our Proceedings ; that on the second he did not live to finish. 

 An article on the Crustacea of Norfolk Island had just been com- 

 pleted before his decease and will be presented to the Society at 

 an early date. He leaves a widow and three children. 



The Hon. James Norton, LL.D., M.L.C., was born in Sydney, 

 on December 5th, 1824. His father was an English solicitor, 

 who came to Sydne}^ in 1818 to practise his profession. At this 



