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workers until the death of the latter. Subsequently Mr. 

 Dennant made a special study of the fossil corals, resulting 

 in the communication of seven consecutiv-e papers on ''De- 

 scriptions of New Species of Corals from the Australian Ter- 

 tiaries," illustrated by well-executed plates. This work led 

 up to an examination of recent corals, on which he contri- 

 buted two papers, ''Recent Corals from the South Australian 

 and Victorian Coasts," and on "Madr-eporaria from the Aus- 

 tralian and New Zealand Coasts." Mr. Dennant was re- 

 garded as an authority in Australasia in this department of 

 science. Corals dredged in deep water off the coast of New 

 South Wales by Messrs. Hedley and Peters, off the New 

 Zealand coast by Mr. H. Sutuer, and off the South Austra- 

 lian coast by Dr. Verco, were forwarded to him for examina- 

 tion. His removal will be a loss to science. It is hoped 

 some other member will be found to continue the work Mr. 

 Dennant was doing so well. A letter of sympathy and con- 

 dolence was sent by the Council to Mrs. Dennant. 



The resignation of Dr. W. L. Cleland as a member of 

 Council has been received with great regret. Dr. Cleland 

 was elected a Fellow in 1879, and has been on the Council for 

 twenty-four years, for fourteen of which he acted as Secretary, 

 and for three years was President. 



