50 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [ Sess, LXxIV, 
at Copenhagen for the study of chemistry and plant 
physiology with particular reference to fermentation— 
subjects of the greatest importance in connection with 
manufactures and commerce. 
Dr. FREDERICK WILHELM CHRISTEN ARESCHONG, who 
became a corresponding member in 1878, held the impor- 
tant position of Professor of Botany in the University of 
Lund, and held an eminent position in the botanical world. 
The deceased Resident Fellows are :— 
Mr. JAMES BUCHANAN of Oswald House, Oswald Road, 
Edinburgh, became a Fellow of the Society in 1878. He 
was closely associated with chemical science, and he was an 
enthusiastic amateur gardener. 
The late Mr. JAMEs R. Retp, C.LE., of Magdala Crescent, 
Edinburgh, died there in December last year. He was 
born in 1838, the son of Dr. Alexander Reid of Edinburgh. 
He was an Indian civil servant, having been for thirty-four 
years in the Bengal Civil Service. He was Secretary to 
the Government of the North-West Provinces in 1882 and 
Chief Secretary to the North-West Provinces and Oudh 
in 1884, a member of the Board of Revenue in 1890, 
and ember of the Legislative Council in 1891. He was 
created a Companion of the Indian Empire in 1890, and has 
passed away at the age of seventy. 
The late Mr. T. A. Hoa of Newliston in Linlithgowshire 
and of Kellie in Fifeshire, who became a Fellow of the 
Society in 1867, died more than a year ago, but by some 
accident his death had been overlooked and not intimated. 
He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the Edin- 
burgh University, and succeeded to the family estates in 
1858. He was a Justice of the Peace for the counties of 
Linlithgow and Midlothian, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for 
Linlithgow. He was thus a well-known West Lothian. 
laird, and took a prominent interest in the aftairs of his 
county, where he lived the life of a country gentleman. 
