40 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



Sir ■Walter Elliot was created a K.C.S.I. in 1866 ; and was 

 elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Society in 1878, and of this Society 

 on the 20th January, 1859. He died somewhat suddealy on the 

 1st March, 1887, in his eighty-fifth year, at "Wolflee, the resi- 

 dence of many generations of his ancestors. By his death the 

 Society loses a genial and generous Fellow, one of the old school 

 of Indian administrators, and a devoted student of Oriental 

 learning. 



Aethtjr Geote was born at Beckenham in 1814, the historian 

 of Greece being an elder brother. He entered Haileyburj 

 College when seventeen years of age, remaining there until 

 December 1833, when he passed out " highly distinguished,'' 

 having taken prizes in Classics, Bengali, Persian, Hindustani, 

 and A.rabic. He reached India in June 1834, and was first 

 appointed writer on the Bengal establishment in the Aligarh 

 division, and afterwards assistant to the collector of Jessor. In 

 1839 he was stationed at Midnapur, and in 1845 transferred to 

 Champarun as magistrate. In the next year he came to Europe 

 on fui'lough, returning in 1849. From that period till his retire- 

 ment in 1868 he filled various appointments ; then, having spent 

 more thau thirty years of actual service in India, Mr. Grote 

 came home, and spent the most of his time in London, until his 

 death, 4th December, 1886. He took part in the work of many 

 scientific societies ; was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society 

 3rd November, 1846, and served more than once on the Council 

 and as Vice-President. Mr. Grote published few scientific 

 papers ; but he possessed a good library, and many scarce volumes 

 have been added to our collection since his death, by the generosity 

 of his surviving daughter, Mrs. Stirling. 



Henet Fletchee Hance was born on August 4th, 1827, in 

 London, but, being delicate, he passed his early years at his 

 grandfather's at Plyuiouth. When seventeen years old, in 1844, 

 he was nominated to the Civil Service of Hongkong ; and, ten 

 years later, was transferred to the Superintendency of Trade in 

 China. In December 1856, when the Foreign Factories were 

 burned at Canton, he lost his books and collections, aud returned 

 to Hongkong. In 1859 he was ordered to Canton, but two 

 years later he was moved to AYliampoa as Yice-Consul. Here he 

 remained for 17 years, when he took charge of tlie Canton Con- 

 sulate from March 1878, at intervals lasting till May 1885. In 

 September 1883 serious riots took place at Canton, and Dr. Hance 

 feared for the safety of collections and library. He was appointed 

 Acting Consul at Amoy in 1886, but only passed a few weeks at 

 his new post, when he died suddenly on June 22nd, 1886, and was 

 buried at Hongkong. 



Dr. Hance's services to Botany are well known, his knowledge 

 of Chinese plants was extensive aud accurate, aud in this special 



