IXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Receipts during the past year, including a Balance of ^250 9s. Id., 

 carried from the preceding year, and an Investment of ^100 (Rail- 

 way Debenture) repaid, amounted to £1564 2s. M., and that the 

 total Expenditure during the same period amounted to £1128 5s., 

 leaving a Balance in the hands of the Bankers of £435 17s, Qd. 



Mr. "W. W. Saunders, on behalf of the following Subscribers, pre- 

 sented to the Society the cast of a bust, by Mr. Weekes, of J. J. 

 Bennett, Esq., V.P.L.S. 



T. BeU, Esq. 

 Dr. Bowerbank, 

 F. Currey, Esq. 

 Richard Kippist. 

 John Miers, Esq. 

 Algernon Peckover, Esq. 



Dr. Prior. 



W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq. 

 Alfred White, Esq. 

 James Yates, Esq. 



OBITUARY NOTICES. 



The Secretaries then laid before the Society the following Notices 

 of Deceased Members. 



Dr. Thomas Andersok was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens at Calcutta. He was a devoted student of natural history 

 at Edinburgh, and selected the East-India Company's service as 

 likely to afford him opportunities for the prosecution of those studies, 

 as it had done to many others. On the occasion of Dr. Thomson 

 leaving Calcutta, Dr. Anderson was appointed to the temporary 

 charge of the Gardens ; and he afterwards succeeded to the office of 

 Superintendent upon the retirement of Dr. Thomson. 



Before his appointment as Superintendent, Dr. Anderson had 

 taken great interest in the introduction of Cinchona into Bengal. 

 He visited Java and brought the first plants to Sikkim himself. As 

 long ago as 1855 he wrote on the subject in the ' Indian Annals of 

 Medical Science,' and recommended in particular the cultivation of 

 the plant at Darjeeling, where, under his auspices, it has since suc- 

 ceeded so well. After his appointment, (in addition to the proper 

 duties of his post) he took charge of the Cinchona plantations, and 

 spared no exertion to make them successful. The early years of 

 Cinchona-cultivation in India were full of disappointment. The 

 plantations were moved repeatedly before a suitable spot could be 

 found ; and the subordinate gardeners at first gave much trouble. Dr. 

 Anderson laboured indefatigably during this anxious time ; and his 

 Reports describe the successful steps which were gained one by one, 

 notwithstanding repeated disheartening failures, which would have 



