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years in England, was commissioned bv the Free Churcli of Scot- 

 land to proceed to New South AV^ales. On his arrival in the 

 Colony he remained three months at Grafton, and then w:ia 

 elected minister of the NeAtown Church, where he lived until 

 his deatii, at the Manse, on the 18th April, 1892, having been 

 seized by paralysis during a lecture on the evening of June 19th, 

 1S91, from which he never recovered. His connection with this 

 Society dates from 1871. 



Egbert DoroLvs Fitzgetia.lt>, Deputy Surveyor-General of the 

 Colony of Xew Soutli Wales, died at his residence Hunter's Hill, 

 near Sydney, on August 13th, 1892, after a short illness, in liis 

 G2nd year. 



He became known botanically by his visit with Mr. Charles 

 IMoore to Lord Howe's Island, the flora of which spot was till 

 then very imperfectly known, and the endemic forms of plants 

 there found were then made public. The work by which his 

 reputation will be deservedly sustained is his splendid monograph 

 on the Australian Orchids, which began to be issued at Sydney 

 in 1876, and was not completed at the time of his death. The 

 admirable drawings in this folio were the product of his own 

 2)encil, and are such as only a naturalist on the spot could 

 have produced. A trifling blot iu it is that, in consequence of 

 the order adopted iu the issue of the parts, the citation of the 

 plates can only be made by a most cumbrous method, a fault 

 wliicli is but too common with authors whose attention is conceu- 

 trated upon the subject matter of their studies to the exclusion 

 of minor details. He was elected Fellow in 1871. 



Thomas Jonx Mooee was born in London in 1821, and at the 

 age of nineteen was appointed assistant- curator of the Eurl of 

 Derby's Museum at Knowsley. When this collection was be- 

 queathed to the Corporation of Liverpool in 18-51, Mr. Moore 

 became curator, and he has held that post for forty years, until 

 his retirement on account of failing health iu 1891. To his 

 constant care and energy Liverpool is iu a large degree indebted 

 for the excellence of its museum, which now ranks as one of the 

 finest provincial institutions. Mr. Moore contributed numerous 

 notes on Zoological subjects to scientific journals, and he was a 

 generous helper to many workers. He took an active part iu 

 popularizing science, the Liverpool Free Public Lectures from 

 iSGo to 1884 being organized by him. He was also an enthu- 

 siastic supporter of all local projects devoted to the encourage- 

 ment of research. 

 • lie was elected an Associate of this Society on January 21st, 

 1892 ; and he died on the 31st October of the same year. 



Sir. ErcnARD Owen, the youn^iest son of the late Mr. Eichard 

 Owen, of Fulmer Place, near Slough, Buckinghamshire, was born 



