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December 1895, he published an article on "The Land and Fresh Water 

 Shells of Alberta," and named 44 species; but he continued to add to 

 the list, year by year, and occasionally discovered new species, such as 

 the two small Pacific land shells Punctum Clappii and Pristiloma 

 Taylori, named by Dr. Pilsbry {Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1899). 



Any attempt to summarize Mr. Taylor's labours in various scientific 

 fields is impossible in this place. As already stated he ranked high 

 as an Entomologist, and as an Conchologist, and had he been spared, 

 would have undoubtedl}^ risen to high rank as a Marine Biologist; but 

 his knowledge of Botany, and of Geology, was extensive, and his mathe- 

 matical abilities were such that had he gone from Derby Grammar 

 School to the University of Cambridge, as in early life was intended, 

 he could not have failed to have won distinction in the Mathematical 

 Tripos. 



The advancement of Science was one of his supreme ambitions and 

 he did his share, perhaps more than his share, in that onerous task. 



To the last, his ambition continued, and he was active in the found- 

 ing of a " British Columbia Academy of Science," not long before his 

 final illness. 



A stroke of paralysis weakened him; but almost up to the last he 

 would drag himself from his home in the forest, a quarter of a mile away, 

 down to the Biological Station on the shore of Departure Bay, to watch 

 the progress of the work. Professor Playfair McMurrich, of Toronto, 

 and other members of the scientific staff, tried to dissuade him from the 

 strain; but he literally died in harness, and doing so could not have more 

 completely fulfilled his own chief desire. 



(5). — Dr. George U. Hay. 



Dr. George Upliam Hay, who has been a Fellow of this Society 

 since 1894, died suddenly at his home in St. John on the 23rd of April, 

 last. He was a prominent citizen and a well known educator. 



The late Dr. Hay was born in Norton, King's County, New Bruns- 

 wick, and was a son of William and Eliza Hay. Through his father 

 he was of Scotch descent, and on his mother's side was of "United 

 Empire" stock. He was educated in the public schools of New Bruns- 

 wick and after teaching for several years took a special course in Liter- 

 ature and Natural Science at Cornell University. 



Returning to St. John he was engaged for several years in Jour- 

 nalism, working on the Daily News, first as a reporter and afterward as 

 night editor. He resumed teaching in this city in 1873 and for thirty- 

 four years was a teacher in the public schools. During the last ten 

 years in the teaching profession he was connected with the Victoria 



