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should be directed to this provision in the Bye-Laws, and that. 

 Her Majesty should be humbly and dutifully requested to signify 

 her wish to become an Honorary Member. The loyal and happy 

 resolution to this effect was proposed at Council by Prof. Vines 

 on January 19th, and on February 2nd I was enabled to read to 

 the Society the reply intimating that the Queen had graciously 

 acceded to our request. 



We turn from the pleasant thought of these accessions to the 

 inevitable losses which we have to regret — the death of 18 Ordinary 

 Fellows and of 4 on the Foreign list, the latter beiug: — Dr. Eudolph 

 A. Philippi, Prof. Eduard von Martens, M. Bernard Renault, and 

 Prof. Alpheus S. Packard. The obituaries of our late Fellows 

 have been prepared as usual by the Secretaries, and I do not 

 propose to detain you by traversing the same ground ; but there 

 is one loss we have sustained Avhich has a personal sadness for 

 most of us and which 1 cannot pass over on this occasion. In 

 deep sorrow we have to record the death, on February 4tli, 1905, 

 of our former Zoological Secretary, Prof, George Bond Howes. 

 Last year Prof. Vines referred sympathetically to the resignation 

 of office which our friend's continued serious illness had necessi- 

 tated, and now we mourn the premature termination of a useful 

 life and a distinguished career. Prof. Howes's numerous solid 

 contributions to science will be duly recorded in our ' Proceedings.' 

 Tributes to his influence as a teacher and his helpfulness as a 

 colleague have already been published or will shortly appear. We 

 knew him best here as an indefatigable councillor and office-bearer 

 and a true friend of all honest workers. Many young scientific 

 men owe their professional position and advancement in large 

 measure to support and advice from Howes. He had corre- 

 spondents in all parts of the country w^hom he helped with in- 

 formation and literature. He had an unusually wide range of 

 knowledge and a marvellously detailed acquaintance with the 

 publications of Zoology ; and all that he knew was ever placed 

 freely at the disposal not only of his students and friends, but 

 also of other workers on the subject whom in some cases he had 

 never even met. I do not think it is too much to say that he wore 

 himself out working for others. 



We all appreciated highly his scientific work and admired his 

 fine character ; those of us who were privileged to know him more 

 intimately loved him as a friend of a singularly sympathetic, 

 unselfish and loyal nature. This Society at the meeting on 

 February 16th passed a resolution of deep regret, sympathy and 

 gratitude for devoted service ; and I am now able to announce to 

 you that steps have been taken by the Officers of this Society and 

 of the Zoological Society and a few other former colleagues to 

 establish a Howes Memorial Fund. A committee is now being 

 formed, and a circular letter will shortly be issued to the Fellows 

 of the Society. 



