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there he went to Idaho to reside, and took his B.Sc. degree 

 for the University o£ Idaho; later on he attended Cornell 

 University, in New York State, where he took his Master's 

 degree in 1901. Subsequently he became a Member of the 

 Bureau of Entomology of the United States of America, 

 Department of Agriculture, as a field investigator. 



In 1903 he was recommended by the U.S.A. Entomologist 

 to the position of Government Entomologist for the Trans- 

 vaal, which position he filled until his death in Pretoi-ia, from 

 enteric fever, on 15th January, 1907. He was married quite 

 recently to a local young lady, to whom we extend out heart- 

 felt svni])atliv. 



Dr. Edmond Symonds, Vice-President S.A.O.U. — It is 

 with more than ordinary regret that we have to announce 

 the death of the genial Vice-President of the S.A.O.U. in 

 the person of the late Dr. Symonds, of Kroonstad, O.R.C. 



Born in 1853 at Felstead in Essex, England, he was the 

 son of the Pector of Thaxted (Essex). He was educated at 

 the Felstead Grammar School, and studied medicine at the 

 University College, London, qualifying as M.R.C.S. in 1875 

 and as L.R.C*.P. two years later. He then went to sea as a 

 Surgeon in the employ of the Eastern Telegraph (*ompanv 

 for two years, and was associated in practice for a short 

 period with Dr. Henry Grace, brother of W. G. Grace, the 

 famous cricketer. 



Dr. Symonds landed in Port Elizabeth in 1879 and went 

 straight up to Kroonstad, where he practised his profession 

 till his death. He died on 10th April of malaria and 

 apoplexy. He was a well-known figure in Kroonstad, 

 beloved by all who knew him. In 1887 he published a 

 lengthy paper on the birds of Kroonstad in ' The Ibis/ 

 and was a friend and correspondent of the well-known 

 ornithologist J. H. Gurney. 



To readers of the 'Journal' his name is of course well 

 known, and at the last annual meeting he was elected a 

 Vice-President of the Union. 



His article in this Number has a melancholy interest, as 

 he was not destined to see it in print 



