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these, he assisted Dr. Joseph Hooker in thecryptogamic portion of 

 the Flora Antarctica. During some years Dr. Taylor was Lecturer 

 on Botany and Natural History in the Royal Cork Institution ; but 

 on the withdrawal of the parliamentary grant he retired to an es- 

 tate in the County Kerry, near Kenmare, where he continued to re- 

 side for the remainder of his life, employing himself in country 

 business, and devoting to botany his leisure time. As a magistrate, 

 he twice received the marked thanks of the Government. In the 

 late season of awful misery, his purse and his medical skill were 

 freely employed in alleviatingthe sufferings of hispoorer neighbours; 

 and it via.s fever, caught in the discharge of his duties at the work- 

 house of Kenmare, to which he was physician, which terminated 

 his useful life at an age very little exceeding 60. Strong in frame, 

 and remarkably active, he might have looked forward to a more 

 lengthened career. 



Dr. Taylor was in correspondence with the most celebrated bo- 

 tanists of England, France, Germany, and America, by whom he 

 was universally esteemed. " He possessed," in the language of an 

 early friend, " a mind well stored in the various branches of science 

 and literature, while his gentle and amiable manners rendered him 

 a great favourite with all who had the happiness of his acquain- 

 tance." His loss is deplored by a wide circle of scientific and per- 

 sonal friends. He received the well merited honour which has 

 connected his name with this Academy in the year 1816. 



"We have also lost by death, during the past year, eight ordinary 

 members, whose names are as follows : 



The Rev. John Cramer Roberts, elected a member of the Aca- 

 demy, 28th April, 1792. 



Samuel Litton, Esq., M. D., elected 16th March, 1815. 



James Mac CuUagh, Esq., LL.D., elected February 25, 1832. 



William Hill, Esq., elected 10th June, 1839. 



The Rev. Robert Trail, D.D., elected 13th April, 1840. 



Joseph Nelson, Esq., Q. C, elected 1st February, 1842. 



James Jameson, Esq., elected 14th April, 1845. 

 • John Oliver Curran, Esq,, M. B., elected 13th April, 1846. 



Dr. Samuel Litton was one whose literary attainments and 

 private virtues endeared him to all who had the privilege of his ac- 



