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for some time, but went afterwards to A'ictoria, then to New 

 Zealand, and, tiiia.ly, in 1861, to Brisbane, where he estabhshed 

 liimselt" as seedsman. His practical experience and professional 

 knowledge brought him to the notice of the Queensland Govern- 

 ment, who, in 1875, appointed him to investigate certain botanical 

 problems which had arisen in connection with animal and plant 

 diseases. This led subsequently to his appointment as Curator 

 of the botanical section of the Queensland Museum, and in 1884 

 as Colonial Botanist. He devoted himself with singular energy 

 and zeal to the botanical exploration, and to more immediately 

 ])ractical problems of the agriculture of Queensland. He pub- 

 lished a 'i'lora of Queensland' in seven volumes, a 'Handbook 

 of the Ferns of Queensland,' and a number of papers dealing with 

 systematic and economic matters, for which he felt a keen interest 

 right up to the last days of his long life. The depth and character 

 of his enthusiasm for his science may be gauged from the fact 

 that, when in the Jiineties the post of Colonial Botanist was 

 abolished, he contini;ed his services without a salary. Fortunately 

 for Queensland, this act of unselfish devotion morally obliged the 

 Government to reinstate him in his former position, which he 

 ]iovv held without interruption to his end. He was elected a 

 Fellow on the 4th April, 1878. [0. IS.] 



EiciiAKD Man^liffe Bakrikgtox, M.A , LL.B., M.E.I.A., who 



had been a Fellow of this Society since the 5th April, 1883, was 

 removed from its roll by his sudden and unexpected death on 

 September 15th, 1915, at the comparatively early age of 66. He 

 was born on May 22nd, 1849, at Fassaroe, near Bray, in County 

 Wicklow, where his father, Edward Barrington, owned an exten- 

 sive farm. From childhood in intimate touch with nature, and 

 helped by the sympathetic encouragement with which his early 

 inclination towards observation of the vsurrounding animal and 

 plant world met froiu relatives and friends, he developed early 

 those powers which raised him to a prominent position among 

 the naturalists of Ireland. Taught raainl}! at home, he entered 

 Trinity College, Dublin, in 1866, graduating with honours as a 

 Moderator in Experimental and Natural Science in 1870. 

 In 1875 he was called to the Bar, but he drop])ed soon 

 Law to take up land valuing, which was more attractive to 

 him, and together Avith the management of the Fassaroe farm 

 formed henceforth the main occupation of his life. Thereby 

 he also gained that independence and leisure which was 

 necessary for the indulgence in his passion for exploring and 

 studying the natural history of Ireland, a passion which had 

 seized him early and got a firm hold on him during his student 

 days, mainly through his intimate association with A. G. More 

 and other Irish naturalists. His excursions extended all over 

 Ireland, from his home to the wild Island of Tory in the north- 

 west and the equally inhospitable Blaskets in the south-west, lo 

 the waters of Lough Enie in Fermanagh and of Loygh Kee in 



