As will be learned from the report on the Mollusca 
(p. 117), Sir Charles Eliot had kindly undertaken to 
examine the Nudibranchs collected on the eruise. The 
specimens were forwarded to him by Mr. Suter, and it is 
with deep regret that we read the following cablegram 
published in the New Zealand newspapers, as the foregoing 
pages were passing through the press :— 
‘London, May 29th. 
‘“The death is reported of Sir Charles Eliot, Bart. Sir 
Charles succumbed to syneope, while attending an early 
communion service. He was 76 years of age, and served 
in India during the mutiny.’’ 
Sir Charles Norton Edgeumbe Eliot, K.C.M.G., F.Z.S., 
was Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield at the 
time of his death, and was formerly H.M. Commissioner for 
the East African Protectorate. In zoology he had specially 
directed his attention to the Nudibranchiata, upon which 
group he was a foremost authority. His published papers 
are very numerous, and include reports on collections from 
New Zealand. 
