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H.M.S. Mohawk on the West Indian and North American 

 .Station. Mr. Tate was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, and 

 took the degree of B.A. in the Royal University of Ireland with 

 honours of Chemistry. In 1892, soon after taking his degree, he 

 was appointed Assistant Government Analyst in Trinidad. He 

 came to the Colony in May, 1892, and in the winter of 1893-94 

 went home for four month's further study at King's College, 

 London, after which he passed an examination and obtained the 

 diploma of Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry. At the time 

 of his death he was for the second time acting as Government 

 Analyst, and Professor of Chemistry in the two Colleges, during 

 the absence of Professor Carmody on vacation leave. He had 

 also acted for shorter periods. 



Mr. Tate was so quiet and unassuming, that he was well 

 known to comparatively few, but those who knew him recognised 

 beneath the surface a warm Irish heart full of refinement and 

 modesty, and a devotion to conscientious work far in excess of 

 his physical capacity. There is little doubt ..that his constitution, 

 always delicate, was weakened by working over time in the 

 Government Laboratory, and at the Annual College Examina- 

 tions in Chemistry. He was thus unable to resist the onset of 

 hemorrhagic fever. 



Mr. Tate joined the Club on the 2nd of September, 1892 ; 

 he was an enthusiastic entomologist, and several times exhibited 

 rare butterflies at the meetings. 



